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From the Lens column in today's Metro section:

I really do want to be a burlesque dancer," said Nancy, 26, an art director who favors vinyl for her costume and calls herself Agent N. She said: "This way I get to do my own thing on my own terms. That's what's so great about it. It's freedom of expression, expression of my womanhood and my sensuality."

"But it's really hard," she continued," with this crazy blonde chick in a boa over my right shoulder always going on and on about how I should come to one of her little media cocktail parties. Maybe I'll meet someone who can help me find a job, she says. Yeah, right."

The Quest [NYT]