Urban Latino, the Sexsi Issue
Los Insiders Rosalinda Alvira has been a Fantasia Home Parties Sales Representative since April 2001. She manages “The Sultry Sistahs Crew,” a group of women who also sell erotic toys. Alvira has broken a company record by selling over $35,000 in less than 7 months. Currently she is the only Latino to hold a position in the Top 30, ranking #4 in the company. How did you get started in your line of work? I am a Computer/Accounting Consultant by nature. The corporate world had started to get the best of me. I had no control over my time or schedule and I wanted to spend more time with my...
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At-home erotica sales parties enter the mainstream By LISA INTRABARTOLA, STAFF WRITER Sandi Bucci stands before a living roomful of women and wraps a white apron around herself as she instructs her guests to grab catalogs and order forms from the coffee table. On this bitter January night, the inviting scene in her North Brunswick home screams typical home-sales-party atmosphere: A scooped-out pumpernickel load filled with spinach dip sits at the center of the snack table, and wooden knickknacks that read “Home Sweet Home” hang above the front door. But instead of marketing...
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Not Disney’s Fantasia By Deb Keiser, SPECIAL TO THE NEWS-TIMES These home parties serve up sexy “unmentionables” just in time for Valentine’s Day On any given weekend, in almost any town around here, you’ll find a group of women getting together at someone’s home for an in-house evening of fun, demonstrations and party sales. It could be Tupperware, Party Lite, or Pampered Chef, but these days, it could just as well be Fantasia or Passion. Passion? Fantasia? At these parties, which are more prolific than you might think, instead of plastic, votives or pots, it’s lotions,...
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The popularity of Fantasia Home Parties has soared and Staten Island women are in on the fun. By LISA ANN WILLIAMSON, STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE As the sun slipped over the horizon on a recent Wednesday evening, a group of girlfriends came out to play poolside in Charleston. No one dipped in the water. There was no splashing. In fact, the pool was really quite incidental to the women’s purpose. The setting sang of sensuality. Platters of cut fruit and a smorgasbord of cookies, chips, dips and chocolate-covered tidbits graced the scene. Silky-smooth Mudslides were whipped up in a blender. But...
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Grownup Gadgets By Beth Cooney, Staff Writer Sensual somethings add spice to life The party starts the way most parties do. There are some chips, pretzels, a half-dozen slightly nervous girlfriends catching up on kids and office gossip. And then there are the X-rated contents of Gina Cordaro’s black duffel bag. “OK, I know that’s what you all want to see, what’s in that bag,” Cordaro tells the rapt and giggling women in the living room of Phyllis Manginelli’s home in Stamford’s Cove section. “But I’m going to make you wait.” So they begin their pleasure party with the...
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