The spicy, gregarious, and sexually confident Jessica Holter a.k.a Ghetto Girl Blue founded the Punany Poets Entertainment Brand in 1995, after the untimely death of rapper Eric “Easy E” Wright, to AIDS. Following his death, Jessica became dedicated to advocating safe sex and discussing sexual topics that were deemed private, embarrassing, or simply nonexistent. After exposure on the HBO series “Real Sex” Jessica’s company took off and has since grabbed the country by the balls!
As if her erotic, orgasmic, tantalizing, titillating stand up, sit down, gyrating, and pulsating improvisational poetry isn’t enough. Jessica has teamed up with renowned erotic novelist Zane for her first erotic novel, The Punany Experience: The War Between Tops and Bottoms, Not Your Average Down Low Story.
The Punany Experience: The War Between Tops and Bottoms, Not Your Average Down Low Story “is not your average down-low story. It is the elaborate tale of a bisexual female couple who seduces and manipulates a married music exec, who just happens to be a man with an incredible sexual appetite. The War between tops and bottoms erupts when the characters needs aren’t met and their inner desires manifest in the bedroom.
Much like her headlining shows (no pun intended) “The Head Doctor”, “The Secret Life of the Pearl”, and “Tops and Bottoms” Jessica consistently keeps the language of her first novel hot and panties moist. Her performances, which include other artists, testimonials, on occasion half nude dancers and tons of cleavage, attracts audiences of all ages, sex, and race. Jessica has a way with words and fluidity with sexual language that many are too embarrassed to embrace; she speaks freely of her sexual encounters and promotes safe sex on all of her tours. Condoms, AIDS tests, and dental dams provided (depending on tour dates and city).
Is it hard to date given your profession?
I am so not a dater. I met the man I married at 17. I was married when I filmed the HBO segment in 1999, I was 29. I separated not long after and in six months I was in another long term relationship, this time with a woman. We were together for 10 years. I imagine it might be hard for the male ego to accept a woman like me, let alone, a woman who does what I do. I mean when we do shows, I am the last person people try to holler at. Usually I get approached by women, couples or really strange men.
You founded the Punany Poets in 1995, how has the theater company grown since then?
In 1995, I just set out to publish a book of erotic poetry and photos that smacked of the urban music scene and warned of the growing threat of AIDS among Black American women whose men were being herded off to jail by the truck load. Today, The Punany Poets Entertainment, LLC is a full multimedia entertainment company that includes theater, literary & music publishing, visual art & photography, video and of course, community service in HIV/AIDS awareness and edutainment. From the very beginning I used the works of a variety of talented Bay Area Artists to collaborate on the first book, Punany: The Hip Hop Psalms. Oakland breeds some of the most talented and multidimensional artists I have ever known, so The Punany Project, as it was called then, quickly evolved to include music, live performance and after our HBO segment; DVD/Video.
What is one of your best sexual experiences that have influenced your work tremendously?
Wow, I didn’t expect that question. Hmm Well, I think most of my firsts time experiences have defined my sexual self. There was the first time I was stripped down to my bra and panties at the Rocky Horror Show in Berkeley. (It was part of a sort of impromptu theater thing the audience put on while the movie played. Perhaps that is how I came up with audience interaction as my Punany show hook.) There is the first time I humped a girl. I was no more than 4 years old. Her mother beat us; I had hand prints everywhere. You know, I was property of the state, so that got real ugly for my foster home. Then there was the first time I was molested; about a year after my real mother died. I was 10 years old and fragile. He knew it. That did some damage. When I was raped at 15, I had my share of kisses, but I was still a virgin, and hoping to remain one until I was married. I was planning to become a Baptist minister. Yea, rape will change you.
What prompted your book, the theme, and the plot?
My new book, The Punany Experience: The War Between Tops and Bottoms is a study in sexual identity. I was raised and groomed to not only be a heterosexual woman, but also to be a very submissive woman. I am Southern Baptist, bi-racial (Irish and Jamaica, of all things)… I was raised in foster care and I am a complete passive-aggressive by nature. I wanted to write a book for women like me, caught between worlds. Stormy, the main character is the love of my life. I also wanted to address the taboo issue of homosexuality vs. MSM (Men who have Sex with Men). In my show, The Head Doctor, our pre-show conversations are off the hook. We often talk about the sensitivity of the male G Spot… the prostate. So my new book invites women to take a look at a medical fact, and consider new ways to keep men off of the down low and at your fingertips, so to speak.
Now that have written you book do you prefer performing or writing?
Performing does not compare for me. I have a natural gift for performing that was enhanced and groomed in church and through Toastmaster’s International. I use to be a competitive speaker. But, I have always been a writer. I have never wanted to do anything but write since 3rd grade. I was a journalist covering music for various publications when Eazy E died. I knew Black women were next. His death was the catalyst for The Punany Project. I really enjoyed the experience of writing The Punany Experience. I stole away to Bowie, MD for a few months last summer and found myself immersed into a world made completely of my own mind. I was actually living the book, every day. (ADHD sidebar) Hey, did you know that writing erotica makes you hot? I have to call Zane (my publisher) and tell her than I was sleeping with my rabbit next to me!
The Punany Experience: The War Between Tops and Bottoms, Not Your Average Down Low Story will be released on July 6th. Jessica is hosting a fantasy picnic and treasure hunt / Book Signing on Treasure Island (Bay Area) on July 3rd, and will be touring cities near you on the respective dates: Oakland, CA 9 (July 6th), San Francisco, CA (July 7th), Atlanta, GA (July 10th), Baltimore, MD (July 14th), Washington, DC (July 15th) and in New York (July 16th -18th). For more on Miss Ghetto Girl Blue and the Punany Poets go to www.punanypoets.com.
