The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
The Duke University freshman whose participation in porn movies sparked much campus discussion in recent weeks has revealed her photo and porn name on a website.
“Today, I am choosing to reveal my porn identity to the world,” the student wrote on the www.xojane.com website. “My name is Belle Knox, and I wear my Scarlet Letter with pride.”
The student does not disclose her real name in the essay, saying she has been bullied since news of her porn career became public last month.
“My birth name is one name,” she wrote. “IT IS MINE. It is the name I am enrolled in at Duke. It is what my family and friends call me. My porn name is another name. It is the name I use when I perform.”
This is the second story the student has written for the website. In both, she says she is proud to perform in porn, and she takes to task another Duke student who she says revealed her identity on campus after seeing one of her movies.
She also talks about the disrespect that she says female “sex workers” face.
The Chronicle, the student newspaper at Duke, interviewed the student in February, giving her the pseudonym “Lauren” and the fake porn name “Aurora.”
Duke officials have said that they cannot comment on any student’s specific situation and that they are committed to protecting the privacy and safety of students.
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