Bringing Sexy Back! Introducing Red Hot Annie!

We live in a culture obsessed with the perfect body, we take pictures constantly of our bodies, and judging each others bodies. The naked body is an art form that has been a part of our culture since the beginning of time.

So why is it that someone can post a picture of a nude female and it causes chaos? Why are we so quick to judge this woman? Why are we not body positive? It can be hard in today’s modern world without privacy and under constant pressure to be perfect to become happy with your body. If you can’t be happy with your body how can be comfortable with your sexuality? How can you expect your partner to please you? We should embrace our bodies and feel comfortable with what we have not try to self depreciate. We like to think achieving the perfect body will solve our internal problems. No matter what size you are we all have self confidence issues. Loving your body is not about achieving a size or a weight it’s about  finding your strengths and focus on that.

Being sexy is not about how many body shots you can take, how many likes your post gets, how many guys you can get. It is a feeling, a presence that can fill a room causing an attraction no one can resist to achieve this you need more than a hot body you need charm, wit, and a great smile helps :).

We have the great pleasure of interviewing our  guru Red hot Annie.

Red Hot Annie is an award-winning, internationally-recognized burlesque headliner. She is also the founder of Chicago’s VAUDEZILLA! (Chicago’s top-rated burlesque show), Vaudezilla Studios (Chicago’s top-rated source for burlesque classes) and the Windy City Burlesque Fest. Check her out at http://redhotannie.com/

1. What’s sexy?

     Being true to yourself, just being themselves to be observed and observant.

2. How important is the mind body connection for intimacy?

 It is important to feel  good about your body and to be confident. Women it’s necessary to have mind body connection.

3. How can women use the art of burlesque to feel confident?  Women can use the art of burlesque to create body positive images, empower and  be a source of expressionism.

4. What’s the history of burlesque and who is the audience then and now? Burlesque used to be a mixed audience of men and women, then it fell  into gentlemen’s club with mainly men. Today it is mostly women audience.

5. How do you think the feminist movement has helped burlesque or not?

It is has helped women and burlesque. It has allowed us to open your mind to ideas.

6. How do you think the digital age has made people feel about nudity?

The digital age has allowed us to see nudity and desensitize us. The access part of  has allowed us not to have a respect for nudity but to see as something corruptive.

7. Why do you think men or women like burlesque?

Women can relate to the bodies, and think they can do that.

Men- get into burlesque  for strong female role models and strong women.

There are layers of women, respect for  women authority, and the actual person connection.

8.How do you think burlesque will be in the future?

I think the essence of a live performance will the stay the same.

9. What does love mean to you-

Love is space between people. Sometimes full of density full of stuff. Levels of strength. Seals all together.

10. What is your tip for keeping love alive?

     Forgiveness, all the levels