Gilded Lili Quotes

“Seduction foils all systems of power.[”
― Kelly DiNardo, Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique

“I really do think there’s a mystique of women taking off their clothes that feminist discourse has never really caught up to. It isn’t about woman degrading herself, exposing herself, becoming a piece of meat. It’s something quite different. It’s woman actually being elevated to goddess, which is why she must stop talking. It’s beyond words. It’s beyond the reach of language or logic.”
― Kelly DiNardo, Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique

“It isn’t about woman degrading herself, exposing herself, becoming a piece of meat. It’s something quite different. It’s woman actually being elevated to goddess, which is why she must stop talking. It’s beyond words. It’s beyond the reach of language or logic.”
― Kelly DiNardo, Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique