Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Donna Lamb, a NYC woman who found some creative ways to pay for acting classes. Head to https://betterhelp.com/softwhiteunderbelly to get 10% off your first month of therapy with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Because no one should have to go through anything alone. BetterHelp is here, With You. #sponsored Here's Donna's IG: https://www.instagram.com/donnalamb330/ and YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DonnaLambSpeaks/shorts 0:00 Serving Men in New York's Diamond District 0:22 Growing Up in Kansas City & A Happy Childhood 5:02 Realizing She Was Gay in the 1950s 8:43 Running Away to New York at 18 11:04 My First Experience with Sex Work 20:07 How a Pimp Groomed & Recruited Me 31:06 Helping a 17-Year-Old Escape Prostitution 37:13 The Night My Pimp Almost Killed Me 42:35 Drugs, Dissociation & Leaving Sex Work 51:35 Falling in Love with a Woman 58:34 The Class That Led Me Into a Cult 1:06:04 Love Bombing & Psychological Manipulation 1:12:24 How the Cult Took Control of My Life 1:25:04 Being Forced to "Convert" Lesbian Women 1:30:09 George Floyd, Breaking Away & Leaving the Cult 1:36:42 Life After Escaping a 32-Year Cult 1:41:05 Mark's Photography Book For full-length, ad-free and uncensored videos please subscribe to the Soft White Underbelly subscription channel at softwhiteunderbelly.com. It's $10 a month and watchable on Apple and Android mobile apps, Roku TV, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. Here's how to purchase the Soft White Underbelly books and merch: https://softwhiteunderbelly.org #swu #softwhiteunderbelly #documentary #marketing #actingschool #workinggirl #newyorkcity #cultlife #nyc