Becoming a Stripper Led Me to Becoming a Vegetarian

I feel that everyone should pay back to the world some way for the privilege of having lived. I feel that my way of doing this will be to fight for animal rights.

I was dragged through Hell to make me realize that it is wrong to kill animals. I feel that it is my "duty" to the world to, at least, let it know that killing animals is wrong. There is not a doubt in my mind about this.

If I had not been left to raise my kids on my own and become a stripper, I really feel that I would not have ever become a vegetarian. I knew I was going to have to raise them on my own with no help from anyone. I wanted to, at least, raise them until they were eighteen. I decided to study health. I figured if I could keep healthy, then I could live until they were both, at least, eighteen and able to take care of themselves.

By studying health, I realized that it was unhealthy to eat animals. Later on, I became radical about feeling sorry for the animals who are victims of slaughter and man's various appetites.

If I can be thankful for anything I accomplished in this life, it is the fact that I realized that it is wrong to kill animals. All the hard times I had to go throgh was worth it if it meant I would realize this. If I had my life to live over, and knew all the hard times I would have to endure - but in the long run I would realize the injustice society dishes out to animals - I would say, "I will endure these trials and tribulations and be dragged through the "pits of Hell" just to know that it is wrong to kill animals.

I have enjoyed all the worldly things. I have done everything I want to do as far as the world can offer me. I have all the worldy "things" I ever want. Now it is my time to give back to the world. I feel that by letting people know it is wrong to kill animals is my way of doing this.

Opal's New Book THOUGHTS OF A STRIPPER

The trailer of Opal's upcoming feature film THE OLD STRIPPER:



Jack's new Video Blog about his Mother Opal, the Old Stripper:

My New Book STRIPPER: A Mother's Story

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A STRIPPER WHO FOUND HERSELF IN THE MOST UNCONVENTIONAL WAY

Lamar, Missouri - Have you ever wondered what goes through the mind of a stripper?

In the 1970's, the Burlesque industry was thriving. Nudity and pornography was a public and political outrage. And people across the country were flocking to burlesque theaters to see Melissa St. John: The Upside Down Girl, A.K.A. Wild Star. Little did they know she was a single Mother, alone, on the road, with her two children in boarding schools in separate states. Over a 6 year period while traveling on a burlesque circuit across the country, she was searching for a way to come face to face with her true spirit. Through writing her innermost thoughts on paper, she found herself in the most unconventional way.

THOUGHTS OF A STRIPPER: A MOTHER'S STORY, by Opal Dockery, is an inspirational, spiritual and autobiographical journal of a stripper's thoughts over a 6 year period in the 1970's. Her personal thoughts on single parenthood, spirituality, alternative lifestyle thinking, travel, the burlesque industry and family will inspire you, shock you and uplift you.

Asked about her book, Opal replied, "I was a stripper for approximately twenty-two years. This book contains a portion of intense thoughts I experienced during six years of this time, most of which I was on the road from 1971 to 1977. The source of my book is based on my feelings".

To promote the limited edition first printing of STRIPPER, Dixie Publishing is offering a huge discounted price to the public. Effective immediately, by purchasing the novel directly through the publisher, the buyers will receive the $39.00 novel for only $25.00 plus shipping and handling. By eliminating the middleman, readers will have access to the book before it reaches bookstores at a substantial savings, by emailing, calling or visiting the website to purchase THOUGHTS OF A STRIPPER.

Opal Dockery is a writer, actress and speaker; and is presently available for speaking events. Star of the award-winning cult- following comedy short film PHONE SEX GRANDMA, Dockery is a former stripper for over 20 years, and has been a vegetarian/vegan for over 40 years. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Master's Degree in Criminal Justice. Dockery is currently the subject of a feature film documentary THE OLD STRIPPER, directed by her real-life son, filmmaker Jack Truman.

Title: THOUGHTS OF A STRIPPER: A MOTHER'S STORY
Author: Opal Dockery
First Printing 2009, Copyright 1997
Price: 39.00
ISBN: 0-9701769-0-2
182 Pages, Illustrations and News ArticlesInspirational/Spiritual/New Age/Alternative/Parenthood/Family
Contact: Jack Truman, Dixie Productions, 417-398-2877
Email: trumanjack@hotmail.com
Book Website: http://thoughtsofastripper.webs.com

Opal in the trailer for the upcoming feature film THE OLD STRIPPER:



Jack talking about his Mother's book THOUGHTS OF A STRIPPER: A Mother's Story:

BREAKING NEWS: STRIPPER - A Mother's Story

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A STRIPPER WHO FOUND HERSELF IN THE MOST UNCONVENTIONAL WAY

Lamar, Missouri - Have you ever wondered what goes through the mind of a stripper?

In the 1970's, the Burlesque industry was thriving. Nudity and pornography was a public and political outrage. And people across the country were flocking to burlesque theaters to see Melissa St. John: The Upside Down Girl. Little did they know she was a single Mother, alone, on the road, with her two children in boarding schools in separate states. Over a 6 year period while traveling on a burlesque circuit across the country, she was searching for a way to come face to face with her true spirit. Through writing her innermost thoughts on paper, she found herself in the most unconventional way.

THOUGHTS OF A STRIPPER: A MOTHER'S STORY, by Opal Dockery, is an inspirational, spiritual and autobiographical journal of a stripper's thoughts over a 6 year period in the 1970's. Her personal thoughts on single parenthood, spirituality, alternative lifestyle thinking, travel, the burlesque industry and family will inspire you, shock you and uplift you.

Asked about her book, Opal replied, "I was a stripper for approximately twenty years. This book contains a portion of intense thoughts I experienced during six years of this time, most of which I was on the road from 1971 to 1977. The source of my book is based on my feelings".

Opal Dockery is a writer, actress and speaker. Star of the award-winning cult-following comedy short film PHONE SEX GRANDMA, Dockery is a former stripper for over 20 years, and has been a vegetarian for over 35 years. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Master's Degree in Criminal Justice. Dockery is currently the subject of a feature film documentary THE OLD STRIPPER, directed by her real-life
son, filmmaker Jack Truman.

Title: THOUGHTS OF A STRIPPER: A MOTHER'S STORY
Author: Opal Dockery
Copyright 1997, First Printing 2009
Price: 39.00
ISBN: 0-9701769-0-2
182 Pages, Illustrations and News Articles
Inspirational/Spiritual/New Age/Alternative/Parenthood/Family
Contact: Jack Truman, Dixie Productions, 417-398-2877
Email: trumanjack@hotmail.com
Book Website: http://thoughtsofastripper.webs.com/

People Telling Me I Should Give My Kids to a Family

Sometimes during the period that I was raising my kids, a smart-ass would tell me I should give them to a family; so they could have a "home". I ignored their comments because whenever my kids and I were together we were the "home". I tried to teach them that when we were apart - me at work traveling and them in their oarding schools - that we were still at "home" in our hearts and our minds.

There was one dancer in Detroit that was always telling me I should give up my kids. People like her I hated immediately.

I am just glad that I never did listen to all the ignorant advice such as this. There was never a doubt in my mind that I was doing the right thing by keeping my kids. I was sure of it then; and I am sure of it now.

Opal's son Jack talking about her new STRIPPER book THOUGHTS OF A STRIPPER:

Church People in Front of the Theater...

One time I was dancing as a stripper at a burlesk theater in Flint, Michigan. I went to work and saw a mob of church protestors carrying signs denouncing the theater as evil. Well, I had to work. I needed the money. I walked through the protestor's line. One of them came up and said to me, "If you died today, do you know if you would go to heaven or Hell?" I said, "I'd go to heaven. Do you know where you'd go?" He just stared at me, speehless. Then I started quoting Bible verses to him. He did not say anything else. When I came out from my show, the protestors were gone.

It really offended me to have them bothering me this way. I did not go to their church with a sign trying to get them to cme to the burlesk theater.

Opal in the trailer of the upcoming feature film THE OLD STRIPPER:

Chances I Took With My Kids on the Road

I think back at different times during my years of dancing that I took a lot of chances with my life. Some I will not mention. There are so many. I could probably write a book about just that.

One chance I took many times was when my kids were little; and I would take off in the middle of the night with them in the backseat to my next dancing job. I did not even think about what could happen to us all if we broke down in the middle of the night and some psycho came along and did whatever with us.

Another chance I took several times was walking to the dark parking lots in back of the burlesk theaters that I worked at by myself. But, actually, there was no one around to walk with me; so I really did not have much of a choice if I wanted to get my car.

These are only two examples of the chances amoung many that I took. If I had to do over, I would not take these chances. But I am glad that I did take those chances amoung many more or we would still, probably, be in Lamar, Missouri and never have been able to see all the things we have seen and travel to all theplaces my strip jobs and chances took us. I am just glad we all lived through it all and that we do not have to take these chances again.

I am happy to know that a higher force - call it God or whatever name I want to give it was watching over us. Or maybe it was my own unknown force that was inside me taking over. Maybe I was not aware and still am not that it was me - my strong force - that watched over us and guided and protected us. I do not know.

BUT WE DID HAVE FUN!

The trailer of Opal's feature film THE OLD STRIPPER: