The identity of the famous call-girl blogger Belle De Jour has recently been revealed as Dr Brooke Magnanti, a PhD research scientist. Is the industry taking a further step toward the mainstream with this latest development? It is surely going to help dispell common misconceptions that escorts are merely in the industry being exploited because they have to be. Dr Magnanti can surely not be accused of working in the industry because she has too and an associate of hers summed up the negative reactions she’s received from the press quite nicely:

“Can’t they do something less offensive for a living? Oh, you know like distributing packs of cigarettes at the local school yard? Clubbing baby seals, working for Sarah Palin…”