Search: belle du jour
Why: In "Famous Diaries by Women" on TresSugar:
A little bit more of a memoir than a journal, but Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl is the only book here based on a blog, the modern-day diary. Belle du Jour, an anonymous writer, is a good girl turned call girl who recounts her time working for an elite escort agency in London.
(Alternate title: The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl)
Answer: Dr. Brooke Magnanti!
Her specialist areas are developmental neurotoxicology and cancer epidemiology. She has a PhD in informatics, epidemiology and forensic science and is now working at the Bristol Initiative for Research of Child Health. She is part of a team researching the effects of exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos on foetuses and infants.Fancy!
She worked as a call girl from 2003 to late 2004, and the memoir was published in 2005. After much speculation about her identity (and threats from an ex-boyfriend to out her), she revealed herself (in this Times interview) in November 2009.
Source: Wikipedia , The Sunday Times
The More You Know: I need some pocket money. I want to read that book. Or the blog (which is apparently the exact same thing). Start here in October 2003 (from the bottom):
I spent all morning getting ready to meet the manager. This involves no small amount of eyelash curling, hair straightening and wardrobe panicking. Sexy, but not slutty? You'll be wanting the dark silk top, then. Young, but serious? Well-cut coat. As much cleavage as I could muster. Boots, of course - it is autumn in London after all. My nails are an acrylic nightmare but there was simply no time.
When i read the blog I didn't know she had been outed. It was much better that way but still totally worth the reads.
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As an aside, you should do a google of how they explained why the kids on saved by the bell were seniors again and where jesse and kelly went... that'd be excellent!
If I got her as an escort, I'd be a little... disappointed. I would much rather have that brunette that was caught with Eliot Spitzer.
ReplyDeleteKelly totally showed up on The College Years and then became Kelly Morris. I hate to think you missed that.
ReplyDeleteOh, I have not missed it. I watch all the Saved by the Bell that is available to me!!
ReplyDeleteBut then, what is the explanation for what happened to Zack going to Yale (yeah right) and Slater going to Iowa on the wrestling scholarship?!
Was it ever explained???
Also, Steve G, you should read the book/blog. She is a dynamo in the sack!
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