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"By the way, words still have weight in our society. If, let's say, you're a call girl, then your life is joyous and carefree; but you feel entirely different if you're a whore."
-V. P'yetsukh, "Killer Miller", as translated and published in The Paris Review, 2002.
This is an edge many girls in college come close to, or go over completely. Especially those with no financial support and unable to get good jobs. Generally, though, it's more for bills and groceries than designer goods, and very few of them are unashamed enough to ever admit to it publicly (and thus shut themselves out from future respectable opportunities).
As P'yetsukh points out, the language and mindset make all the difference.
