Never shy about her body, she decides to give it a go. She finds a world full of iconoclastic, independent and joyful women who she quickly comes to love. But Julia learns that these tough women are outraged at being exploited by club owners. When the dancers discover they are being covertly videotaped for amateur porn, they decide that enough is enough. Julia and her colleagues head for the Service Employees International Union.
Management responds by hiring a notorious antiunion law firm.
Then, after accepting an invitation to talk about the struggle at the First International Conference on Prostitution, Julia discovers to her horror that her mother, Dr. Joyce Wallace, well-known for her pioneering work with prostitutes and AIDS, is also scheduled to present. In a painful sequence, Julia reveals to her mother her status as a sex worker and her fight to help other sex workers.