Confessions of a Video Vixen | 
| Author: Karrine Steffans
Publisher: Amistad
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 006089248X
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092
EAN: 9780060892487
ASIN: 006089248X
Publication Date: November 1, 2006
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Part tell-all, part cautionary tale, this emotionally charged memoir from a former video vixen nicknamed 'Superhead' goes beyond the glamour of celebrity to reveal the inner workings of the hip-hop dancer industry—from the physical and emotional abuse that's rampant in the industry, and which marked her own life—to the excessive use of drugs, sex and bling. Once the sought-after video girl, this sexy siren has helped multi-platinum artists, such as Jay-Z, R. Kelly and LL Cool J, sell millions of albums with her sensual dancing. In a word, Karrine was H-O-T. So hot that she made as much as $2500 a day in videos and was selected by well-known film director F. Gary Gray to co-star in his film, A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel. But the film and music video sets, swanky Hollywood and New York restaurants and trysts with the celebrities featured in the pages of People and In Touch magazines only touches the surface of Karrine Steffans' life. Her journey is filled with physical abuse, rape, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness and single motherhood—all by the age of 26. By sharing her story, Steffans hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticised industry and help young women avoid the same pitfalls she encountered. If they're already in danger, she hopes to inspire them to find a way to dig themselves out of what she knows first-hand
to be a cycle of hopelessness and despair.
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 Superhead May 3, 2008
This book was full of gossip, she ratted out almost everybody in hollywood that she had been intimate with! She is a prositute and proud of it, if you like hearing about who she has been with sexually, this is the book for you, I didn't learn nothing that I didn't already no, I would'nt get her newest book!
 This book is pure nonsense March 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I feel sorry for Karrine Steffans, but she CANNOT write! Her editor sucks! She should have had someone else edit her work because neither she nor her editor can proofread. She brags about being a novelist without going to college...that's BS. She clearly should have gone to college or taken some type of writing class, but since she didn't her book turned out like this. I felt like she kept saying the same thing over and over again...and I couldn't even finish the book. I was so bored with the content and the way in which it was delivered. This girl needs help...I do feel bad regarding the horrible things that have happened to her. However, she needs to get a life and this type of nonsense is not the way to go...I'm sure the second book was just as useless as this one...Let's get it together people!
A cautionary tale on how NOT to be!!! March 17, 2008
I will admit that when I first read the book, I was in tears when Karrine talked about the abuse she suffered from her mother (shame on her mom for not believing her when she was raped, etc.). And I'm sure that her life experience should be a wake-up call to all of us, especially in the Black community, about the negative portrayals of Black men and women in hip-hop and the devastating results of the lifestyle led by the author.
However, in light of recent interviews on radio and in print, it is very difficult for me to believe that she is a better person than the one she describes in her book. The only difference I see is that she is determined to make a more regular profit from her sexual exploits. She continues to have affairs with high-profile men (including Bill Maher and Darius McCrary), doesn't believe in traditional marriage (she had a 'committment ceremony' recently with Darius), and glorifies her sexual abilities on some of her radio interviews (ex. the Jamie Foxx radio show) How is this a good example for young girls? How can this possibly inspire them to do better?
Are the men she slept with to be held accountable for their shabby behavior? ABSOLUTELY! For most of the men mentioned in her book, Karrine was certainly not the first woman they slept with, so they are no saints. I feel terrible for every decent, kind, loving, self-respecting African-American man (my wonderful husband included) who is misrepresented every day by these hip-hop pimps (what else can they be called?). They make it ten times harder for other black men to get respect in this country.
But I also worry about what this book (and others like it) says about us as black women. Will this add to the stereotype of black women being money-hungry, sex-crazed savages and irresponsible baby mamas? I hope not! We have it hard enough already.
what garbage March 5, 2008
How are you gonna confess and you didn't really say nothing. If it is a confession tell it all. She said that she would not release some names to protect identies.....for what??? I need to know who you are referring to when you say that because I spent my money to find out. The book was ok but I guess she should stick to her previous job....making videos
Tell me your story January 13, 2008
I am alittle star struck with all of the names she named. I am glad she got some of her demons off her chest with this book. It was well writtened and perfectly timed. I enjoyed the book so much I reread it immedeately after I finished it. I am a fan of her now....
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