It’s a fact everyone knows. Porn stars are stupid, airheaded, and irresponsible. Porn stars are desperate, selling their bodies only because they need to support their scumbag boyfriend, or kid, or drug habit, and fucking on camera pays more than a job at McDonald’s. These are the only jobs they have the intellect to do. The few exceptions to these rules must have been molested as children.
It just doesn’t make sense, then, that Belle Knox, an upper-middle-class college student and porn star, exists. And that’s what this is all about, isn’t it? That’s why she’s become a tabloid sensation. Everyone wants to gawk at the anomaly.
Except she’s not the only one.
I am also an adult performer, and also college educated. I graduated magna cum laude from the University of Florida with a degree in Film Production. That makes two of us, but there are many more.
On April 9th, I conducted a very informal Twitter survey asking for names of girls who are either still in college or have graduated from a university. I came up with 39 women who are actively performing; 27 with diplomas and 12 still in school. I also got the names of three female directors, all with degrees.
And yet, Belle Knox has become the de facto voice for my industry. The media has been captivated in their communal cognitive dissonance — that a smart young woman would choose to do porn. And in their efforts to make sense of the situation, they’ve given her a voice. And yet, there are women on my list who have been in the business for years, not months.
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