by jwleaks 20 Replies latest jw friends
I tried to combine pioneering with part time work as a stripper. Coordinating my wardrobe was a nightmare. I lived in dread that I'd be knocking on doors and then hearing "The Stripper" playing on the radio, start disrobing on the doorstep.
I did not want to make the local newspaper as the first JW arrested for spreading a shady sort of good news, so, to forestall ill reproach, I quit pioneering.
Modesty prevents me from saying what became of my stripping ways.
I've known and loved many junk-picking JW's! Garage sale shopping is a passion, and there were some very resourceful people in the cong we associated with for a few years. So many of the brothers were skilled contractors, and borderline hoarders.
They also networked with the local Amish contractors... country life at its finest!
Oubliette: Thanks for sharing that song. Hilarious! I love folk music that tells a story. :)
steve: That might have made for an interesting stage performance... wearing a break-away business suit, with your blue jw.org button on the lapel...
Just put a wooden contribution box on the floor in front of you.
Wow, I just had a conversation with a fully sleeved and covered tatted back and chest today at the grocery store. I was told, when a JW, to not have any of my tats showing at the KH or in service because it brings reproach. So I wore boots to cover my ankle tats, and other covered up clothing. Then went through the extremely painful and expensive process of having them removed via laser. I wish I would've had the guts to tell those elders to F off, and kept them. Theres tons of JWs with visible tats that don't get harassed by elders.
Well in my Watford K.H, congregations were divided between north and south. Geri Halliway of the spice girls mum was a witness,on the other side to me. Let's quote Geri from her Autobiography " I sat through endless sermons at the Kings Hall ......I stood on doorsteps clutching my mothers hand. Nobody ever wanted to invite us in and some were quite rude"
Fortunatly Geris mum left the " truth" quote " They were a bunch of hypocrites who were just as materalistic and greedy as the rest of us"
So much to say..... but I suppress it. It just brings so much alive within me that I've tried to keep dead within me. 'Wordly' friends don't get it, it defies logic of love. It's such a weird mind control that they have.
I like her on that show. I will watch it with renewed interest.
FYI - a recent interview with Danielle Colby
Ink, iron, and the queen of rust
High Plains Reader, Thursday, October 19, 2017
When asked how her family responded, once they found out their daughter was a burlesque dancer she responded, “I think for the first 10 years they were a little shocked because my family are Jehovah’s Witnesses, so that’s always a rabbit hole to go down...but it’s funny, because lately I’ll show my mom clips here and there, especially now that I’m doing lyra. Now she gets it.”
READ FULL INTERVIEW: http://hpr1.com/index.php/feature/culture/ink-iron-and-the-queen-of-rust/
Her personal website is: http://daniellecolby.com/
I wonder if she was molested by someone in the org?
Interesting question @Done...
But of course, as S Lett said, "we abhor child abuse". So you know, it never happens to anyone in "God's organisation"!
