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    Porn Star Belle Knox Is Remaking Herself As A Libertarian Activist

    College sophomore Miriam Weeks found herself at the center of an international controversy last year when she became infamous as the "Duke porn star."

    Now, Weeks wants to make waves in the political world.

    She's working with a libertarian group on her campus and has a burgeoning public speaking career. In a phone conversation with Business Insider on Monday, Weeks discussed how her adult film career influenced her libertarian activism.

    "I think that my work and being in the porn industry definitely hits on so many libertarian themes like free speech, and censorship, and, you know, choice and autonomy over our bodies," Weeks explained. "So I think that I've really become passionate about libertarian issues because of the intersection."

    Her public life began after a fellow student at Duke University revealed to their classmates that Weeks was performing in adult films using the alter ego "Belle Knox." Weeks took control of the situation and gave a series of interviews where she said she entered the porn industry to help pay for college and discussed the social stigma against sex workers. She also identified herself as a libertarian.

    "I'm conservative," Weeks said. "I'm very socially liberal, but I'm very economically conservative."

    According to Weeks, a friend who saw these early interviews referred her to Students For Liberty, an organization that bills itself as "the largest libertarian student organization in the world." She joined the group last summer, in between her freshman and sophomore year, and participated in its training programs online and in Washington, D.C.

    Now, Weeks is the campus coordinator for Students for Liberty at Duke. In this capacity, Weeks said she brings speakers to campus, attends conferences and seminars, posts flyers, and maintains a presence for the group at school events. On the Students for Liberty website, Weeks identifies her "favorite figures in liberty" as Ayn Rand, economist Milton Friedman, and two other activists whose careers have included both sex and politics: porn star Nina Hartley and former call girl Maggie McNeill.

    Weeks brought her first speaker to Duke on Tuesday: Ayn Rand Institute head Yaron Brook. She immediately rattled off two names when asked about whom she would ideally hope to bring to the school next.

    "My dream list would be like Ron Paul, or Rand Paul would be really cool," Weeks said, adding, "That'd be pretty awesome."

    And given her affinity for the libertarian political dynasty, it should come as no surprise Weeks is ready to support Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) if he goes forward with his widely expected 2016 presidential bid.

    "I totally endorse him," Weeks said. "He actually graduated from Duke, so that's just another reason for me to love him."


    Weeks declined to comment when asked about whether she's still filming adult movies. However, she was clear she's interested in going "further" in the political realm.

    In addition to her work with Students for Liberty, Weeks said she was recently appointed to the national board of directors for the Sex Workers Outreach Project. Weeks also said she has given speeches at other colleges. In October, Weeks is scheduled to speak at LibertyFest, an annual libertarian event in New York City.

    Weeks plans to focus on college costs and the decriminalization of sex work as she enters the world of political activism. She's also interested in feminism, free speech, and censorship.

    While her work in porn helped fuel her political beliefs, Weeks says she began developing her ideology earlier in life.

    "I grew up Catholic, so I grew up in a very, very, conservative background and that, I think, really was kind of the impetus for why I wanted to become a libertarian. I was always being told to cover up my body and I was always being told to wait until marriage to have sex, that my body would go down if I didn't wait till marriage to have sex," Weeks explained, adding, "That really made me become a libertarian and become a feminist."

    After she came forward last year, Weeks said she faced a "lot of backlash both from people at school, people in the industry, and just the population in general." She attributes this to those who believe porn is "bad for women" and a "puritanical attitude" that she said runs rampant in the country.

    "I think that America has really deeply-seated kind of Christian puritanical values against sex. Our values really place the family unit at the center of our culture," Weeks said. "You see it all the time in political rhetoric and people really view porn as a threat to the family unit. They really view porn as a threat to marriage and I really think that's why some people have an issue."

    In contrast, Weeks said libertarians have generally been "really accepting" of her background.

    "I think that it's actually helped me within the libertarian community because I think that people have been able to kind of look past it and they do respect it. And I think they also do respect it that I made it into more of an academic thing and more of an educational thing," she said.

    Still, Weeks concedes there have been some exceptions to this accepting attitude.

    "There's, of course, been people in the libertarian community who have an issue with me, but it's been because they have an issue with porn," Weeks said.

    And Weeks is definitely attracting attention in the libertarian world. Along with her growing list of affiliations and speaking engagements, Weeks pointed out that this week the website Liberty Viral included her on a list of "The 20 Hottest Libertarian Ladies of 2015."

    "That was neat," Weeks said.

    While she's getting noticed in the libertarian world, Weeks said she hasn't received mainstream media attention. She attributed this to bias against porn.

    "People want to focus on the negative. ... My story really has so many angles to it and there's a narrative of women who do porn and women who do sex work of a victim. And I don't fit that narrative because I am doing really positive things, like really cool academic and positive things," Weeks said. "I think that media is scared. Like, if they write this article, 'Belle's Really Doing Well,' then girls everywhere are going to want to do porn."

    Weeks hasn't yet made a ton of headlines in the political world, but she sounds like she's planning to. She said she definitely plans to work in politics after finishing college. Weeks indicated she wants to work as a legal advocate for women.

    "People always laugh at me when I say this because everyone always thinks I can't do it, but I want to be a lawyer for women. ... Gloria Allred, she's like my idol and I want to be her," Weeks said. "Once I have my law degree and I kind of have that background ... I would love to be somebody who could testify in front of Congress or somebody who does advocacy."

    Weeks also hinted she might even want to run for office one day.

    "If someone would want to have me as their campaign assistant I would love to do that. I don't know if I could ever win if I ran for political office because I'm very radical. I'm kind of very radical or extreme on the spectrum I feel like and, obviously you have to appeal to the average person, but you never know," Weeks said, adding, "There's a porn star in Italy who's now a politician, so, you never know."

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    Well she's not the first porn star to endorse Ron Paul.

    https://twitter.com/jennahaze/status/4744610759
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    Winston Churchhill on why the U.S. should have stayed OUT of World War I

    "I am so %^&*^ sick of this cult of Ron Paul. The Paulites. What is with these %^&*^ people? Why are there so many of them?" YouTube rant by "TheAmazingAtheist"

    "We as a country have lost faith and confidence in freedom." -- Ron Paul

    "It can be a challenge to follow the pronouncements of President Trump, as he often seems to change his position on any number of items from week to week, or from day to day, or even from minute to minute." -- Ron Paul
    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    The road to hell is paved with good intentions. No need to make it a superhighway.
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    The only way I see Trump as likely to affect any real change would be through martial law, and that has zero chances of success without strong buy-in by the JCS at the very minimum.

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    Sweet. Always liked her. Not that I've watched any of her videos, but I heard her story on the radio...

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    Yeah this doesn't help our image at all with GOP primary voters
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Collins View Post
    Yeah this doesn't help our image at all with GOP primary voters
    And this does.



    Perhaps a bunch of naked little boys would help.. The GOP seems to like that.

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    Good for her. Sounds like she has a good head on her shoulders... Hope she keeps making waves and brings important issues to light.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Collins View Post
    Yeah this doesn't help our image at all with GOP primary voters
    http://blog.clinicalcareconsultants....enant_eyes.pdf

    among Churchgoers
    According to data taken from Internet users who took part in the General Social Survey for the
    year 2000, regular church attenders are 26% less likely to look at porn than non-attenders, but
    those self-identified as “fundamentalists” are 91% more likely to look at porn.92
    In 2003, 34% of female readers of Today’s Christian Woman’s online newsletter admitted to
    intentionally accessing Internet porn.93
    In August 2006, a survey reported 50% of all Christian men and 20% of all Christian women
    are addicted to pornography. 60% of the women who answered the survey admitted to having
    significant struggles with lust; 40% admitted to being involved in sexual sin in the past year.98


    Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers
    http://www.newscientist.com/article/...consumers.html

    Americans may paint themselves in increasingly bright shades of red and blue, but new research finds one thing that varies little across the nation: the liking for online pornography.

    A new nationwide study (pdf) of anonymised credit-card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider finds little variation in consumption between states.

    "When it comes to adult entertainment, it seems people are more the same than different," says Benjamin Edelman at Harvard Business School.

    However, there are some trends to be seen in the data. Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds.

    "Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by,"
    Edelman says.

    Collins FAIL!!!

    -t
    Last edited by tangent4ronpaul; 01-29-2015 at 09:03 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Collins View Post
    Yeah this doesn't help our image at all with GOP primary voters
    And voting for the climate change amendment does? The only thing Rand Paul can control about his own campaign is Rand Paul and to a lesser extent the people who work for him and that's all that he and people affiliated with his campaign should worry about.
    9/11 Thermate experiments

    Winston Churchhill on why the U.S. should have stayed OUT of World War I

    "I am so %^&*^ sick of this cult of Ron Paul. The Paulites. What is with these %^&*^ people? Why are there so many of them?" YouTube rant by "TheAmazingAtheist"

    "We as a country have lost faith and confidence in freedom." -- Ron Paul

    "It can be a challenge to follow the pronouncements of President Trump, as he often seems to change his position on any number of items from week to week, or from day to day, or even from minute to minute." -- Ron Paul
    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    The road to hell is paved with good intentions. No need to make it a superhighway.
    Quote Originally Posted by osan View Post
    The only way I see Trump as likely to affect any real change would be through martial law, and that has zero chances of success without strong buy-in by the JCS at the very minimum.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Collins View Post
    Yeah this doesn't help our image at all with GOP primary voters
    Yeah, 'cuz refusing to nominate someone because they have widespread appeal is as genius as refusing to nominate someone until they say something that will lose them the general election.

    Fox News painted targets on their feet years ago and they're still plugging away at them. I don't know what libertarians can do but try to appeal to as many people as possible and keep positioning themselves to win the general election, and see if Republicans remember how to want to win.

    Many of them are just like those bosses who fire all the competent people, promote everyone who kisses their asses, and then blame God when they find themselves sitting in bankruptcy court.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tangent4ronpaul View Post
    http://blog.clinicalcareconsultants....enant_eyes.pdf

    among Churchgoers
    According to data taken from Internet users who took part in the General Social Survey for the
    year 2000, regular church attenders are 26% less likely to look at porn than non-attenders, but
    those self-identified as “fundamentalists” are 91% more likely to look at porn.92
    In 2003, 34% of female readers of Today’s Christian Woman’s online newsletter admitted to
    intentionally accessing Internet porn.93
    In August 2006, a survey reported 50% of all Christian men and 20% of all Christian women
    are addicted to pornography. 60% of the women who answered the survey admitted to having
    significant struggles with lust; 40% admitted to being involved in sexual sin in the past year.98


    Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers
    http://www.newscientist.com/article/...consumers.html

    Americans may paint themselves in increasingly bright shades of red and blue, but new research finds one thing that varies little across the nation: the liking for online pornography.

    A new nationwide study (pdf) of anonymised credit-card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider finds little variation in consumption between states.

    "When it comes to adult entertainment, it seems people are more the same than different," says Benjamin Edelman at Harvard Business School.

    However, there are some trends to be seen in the data. Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds.

    "Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by,"
    Edelman says.

    -t
    In a freakanomics way that makes sense. Fundamentalist Christians are less likely to go out to a singles bar and actually try to pick someone up. Never know who might see you coming out of there. Porn is to sex addiction as crack is to cocaine addiction. Cheap and easy to come by.
    9/11 Thermate experiments

    Winston Churchhill on why the U.S. should have stayed OUT of World War I

    "I am so %^&*^ sick of this cult of Ron Paul. The Paulites. What is with these %^&*^ people? Why are there so many of them?" YouTube rant by "TheAmazingAtheist"

    "We as a country have lost faith and confidence in freedom." -- Ron Paul

    "It can be a challenge to follow the pronouncements of President Trump, as he often seems to change his position on any number of items from week to week, or from day to day, or even from minute to minute." -- Ron Paul
    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    The road to hell is paved with good intentions. No need to make it a superhighway.
    Quote Originally Posted by osan View Post
    The only way I see Trump as likely to affect any real change would be through martial law, and that has zero chances of success without strong buy-in by the JCS at the very minimum.

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    Just what we needed in politics, another whore.
    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Collins View Post
    Yeah this doesn't help our image at all with GOP primary voters
    I agree, her films suck. They are not all they are cracked up to be.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    I agree, her films suck. They are not all they are cracked up to be.
    But she's supposed to suck! It's her job!

    -t

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    I think she's tired of getting screwed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pcosmar View Post
    Perhaps a bunch of naked little boys would help.. The GOP seems to like that.

    If they're brown and in pieces and in the arms of their sobbing parents... yeah, the GOP loves that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tangent4ronpaul View Post
    But she's supposed to suck! It's her job!

    -t
    Yes, she sucks as an actress.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Suzanimal View Post
    I think she's tired of getting screwed.
    is that possible?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Collins View Post
    Yeah this doesn't help our image at all with GOP primary voters
    and what 'image' are 'we' looking for.....exactly?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JK/SEA View Post
    is that possible?
    It has been quite a heavy load on her.
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    Quote Originally Posted by William Tell View Post
    Just what we needed in politics, another whore.
    At least she's a honest Whore. The ones in office lie about who bought them and what they do for the money.

    -t

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Collins View Post
    Yeah this doesn't help our image at all with GOP primary voters
    I know, huh? I mean, here's Rand trying to solidify his image with warmongers, Israel-firsters, and global warming advocates, and here comes (no pun intended) this porn star to screw things up (sorry, couldn't help that one).

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajuncocoa View Post
    I know, huh? I mean, here's Rand trying to solidify his image with warmongers, Israel-firsters, and global warming advocates, and here comes (no pun intended) this porn star to screw things up (sorry, couldn't help that one).

    Matt and his cohorts have what i used to call...'hang ups'....

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    Collins doesn't want the campaign to get too wild because he hopes to get hired by a Rubio or Sarah Palin campaign in the future and really bring in the money.

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    I dunno what you guys are talking about, her videos are fantastic. She is really hot and she likes doing girl on girl and girl/girl/guy threesomes.

    Last edited by dannno; 01-29-2015 at 11:43 AM.
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    I'd rather associate myself with a pornstar-for-liberty than most of today's GOP....

    Plus she's hot. Even my wife thinks so.... Now there's an interesting idea....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Collins View Post
    Yeah this doesn't help our image at all with GOP primary voters
    The image police are at it again.
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    "I grew up Catholic, so I grew up in a very, very, conservative background and that, I think, really was kind of the impetus for why I wanted to become a libertarian. I was always being told to cover up my body and I was always being told to wait until marriage to have sex, that my body would go down if I didn't wait till marriage to have sex,"
    I'm really starting to have a greater appreciation for the Catholic Church these days. Lately I've been hooking up with an 18 yr old who grew up Catholic, now I know why some of my brothers married Catholic girls. Those years of repression can really build up a lot of sexual energy in a girl and when it finally comes out, damn..
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

  32. #28
    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    I dunno what you guys are talking about, her videos are fantastic. She is really hot and she likes doing girl on girl and girl/girl/guy threesomes.
    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    It has been quite a heavy load on her.
    Nah, she shares the load.
    Last edited by Suzanimal; 01-29-2015 at 12:04 PM.

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    PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN! lol
    Last edited by jllundqu; 01-29-2015 at 12:05 PM.
    There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.
    -Major General Smedley Butler, USMC,
    Two-Time Congressional Medal of Honor Winner
    Author of, War is a Racket!

    It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
    - Diogenes of Sinope

  34. #30
    Quote Originally Posted by JK/SEA View Post
    Matt and his cohorts have what i used to call...'hang ups'....
    He's just looking out for all those FoxNews viewers and Chris Kyle fans that Rand is trying to court. I understand. There's war porn and then there's old-school porn. We don't want to give Sean Hannity listeners a heart attack.










    ​well maybe we do.

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