March 11th, 2014
So now that we know that the Duke porn star (“star”?) is Belle Knox, one quick exit question: If her concern has been student loan debt all along, couldn’t she quit porn right now and make much more money by doing a quickie book? My guess is that some publisher would easily through a couple hundred thousand dollars at her (minimum). Probably more because (a) she’s ready-made for the talk shows, (b) her story is probably kind of interesting, and the details of it aren’t well known yet, and (c) her social vertical is awesome!
Her earning potential from a book will probably never be greater than it is right now and I suspect that it–and all the downstream revenue that comes after–would be significantly greater than her future potential earnings in porn. (Which have probably been enhanced by the last few weeks to a large degree, though only for the short term.)
Plus, if the book was any good and she spent some time thinking through the student loan stuff and the problems with higher education, there might be a job over at Reason or CATO.
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The book sounds interesting, but I’ll wait for the movie version.
And if she’s going to a think tank, then wouldn’t the obvious choice be Heritage? Because god knows they’ve whored themselves out harder than anyone else.
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Gotta love that closing sting from her “agent” (“She’s working today”)
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Your book gambit would reveal she’s actually the whole time been working a less ruthless variation on the Traci Lords Stratagem (a tactic more likely to merit passing mention at the future Sidwell-Interstellar Cadet Madrassa)
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A quick Miriam Weeks update:
http://28sherman.blogspot.com/2014/03/everything-is-rotten-with-miriam.html
Apparently I was wrong about those stretch marks — they aren’t stretch marks at all, just scars from when she used to cut herself.
The story is so bizarre and sad, all at once, I don’t know what else to say…
Fake Herzog March 11, 2014 at 9:45 pm
Dave,
You are naughty!!! And unfair to Heritage — they still do good work and while I wasn’t happy about the Richwine affair, Demint is a Washington creature, so I wouldn’t expect him to suddenly embrace HBD.
Mr. Last,
You say, “her story is probably kind of interesting, and the details of it aren’t well known yet.” I agree — one thing I’ve noticed through careful research (yes, I’ve been to confession since my research — this is Lent after all!) is that it is quite obvious that Miriam’s already had a kid. You don’t get stretch marks at her age for just any random reason. Also, I’m sure by now you’ve seen this:
http://nypost.com/2014/03/10/how-the-duke-porn-stars-dad-learned-about-what-she-was-doing/
More questions than answers…