Confessions of a Video Vixen | 
| Author: Karrine Steffans
Publisher: Amistad
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 15122
Media: Paperback
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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
Publication Date: November 1, 2006
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An instant bestseller upon publication, Confessions of a Video Vixen is the page-turning memoir of Karrine Steffans: dancer, actress, and companion to many a celebrity. But more than a glimpse at what happens in the boardrooms and bedrooms of hip hop's A list, Confessions of a Video Vixen is also the first true account of how women are treated in the music industry, and its honest, direct revelations have generated debates and controversy across the country. By sharing her story, Steffans hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticized industry and help young women avoid the same pitfalls she encountered--and if they're already in danger, she hopes to inspire them to find a way to pull themselves out of what she knows firsthand to be a cycle of hopelessness and despair.
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 I am dissapointed! October 21, 2008
This book is what it is and Karrine is what she is. I was hoping the book would be a little less basic, even though I do appreciate her candor. I feel sad for her and understand where she is coming from on certain points. I felt she missed giving juicy details where there were plenty of opportunities to do so. She could have made this book even better being what it is. This what happens to women who have no self respect. I think that it is definately what not to do! Sad that she threw herself at all of those worthless men who cared nothing about her because they were famous.
Anyway, my main point is that for what this book is it is really missing something big.
I commend Karrine for writing to try and better herself but I hope that she will leave that life all together for her son's sake. I feel really bad for that kid. He will probably spend his life with a very distorted view on women and relationships.
 Videos Can Have Her Readers Don't Want Her September 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am not sure where to start on this one. This book was a recommendation from a friend and as an avid reader I tried it on for size. Well, It took me one day to read it becasue I refused to waste another. I can never start a book and then stop, so I had to finish it, but believe me when I tell you, it had nothing to do with the story. I think that Ms. Steffans has some soul searching to do. I was hoping (praying) that redemption was somewhere between the covers, but I was disappointed. I think that Ms. Steffans is a master hustler. I don't hate the player, nor do I hate the game in this case. What I hate is the story and the fact that she simply took the oldest profession in the world and tried to sell it to readers as though it was something new. Karrine, I'm not mad at you girl. If those men let you use them like that then they each deserve what they got. I can't believe that men as innovative and successful as Jay-Z and Puffy would even have anything to do with the likes of you, but then again; they are men, so it is what it is.
 I actually liked it... August 26, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I lived the same life in my early twenties, but instead of rappers, my life revolved around rock stars & Dj's, so I definitely was able to relate. It's just sad that this book got so many negative reviews commenting on how she's just "exploiting the black community" and "making money off of exposing people" and "blah blah blah". I'd bet that over half of these negative reviews are given by other black women. Here's a story of a young woman trying to find herself as well as her self-esteem & is looking for it in all the wrong people & places and finally gets the courage to write a book & make a little money by telling all. And instead of praising her for it, all of you other black woman have to hate on it and give it a bad review, so typical for another black girl to hate on another fellow black girl. It's so much easier for you to hate on her than give her the benefit of the doubt. Be happy that she found her way and made a couple of dollars to top it off. Nope can't do that can you?
Good Read August 17, 2008
This was a good read but not a lot of information like you might think.
Eye-Opening August 11, 2008
I must lift my hat to KS who had the guts to paper her life as a whore among hip hops' unfinest. This book is obviously a best seller not because of the writing skills of the author but because of the telling revelations so candily splattered from across the not too many pages. Honestly, I would have loved to hear a lot more of what she has to say.
The saying that all men are dogs seems indeed true. Married or not, these men were having their cake and eating it and paying dearly for it.
KS did good, she brought these scumbags out in the open for all the young girls to see that yes, it is true, you are just being used.
I wish KS all the best. She is indeed a troubled woman, rich but troubled nonetheless.
Bottomline is, if you are naive like I was about what goes on in the hip hop circles, this book will have your eyes wide open. I read it in one day.
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