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Mommy, please calm down.

I will not!

Well, I mean, everyone

on campus smokes

and it's safer than drinking,

frankly.

Mir, it's probably a felony

there, it's the south.

What were you thinking?

I... I don't know.

I guess I just thought it would

be easy money.

No amount of money

is worth risking

your personal reputation,

nor the reputation

of this family.

Something like this could follow

you for the rest of your life.

I- I guess I didn't think

it through.

It was a one-time thing.

I won't do it again.

You're not gonna tell dad,

are you?

Well, I won't lie to him.

But I will wait until he

gets home from Afghanistan.

He doesn't need this kind

of stress, too.

Seriously, Mir.

How could you possibly think

this is ok?

Hey, mom?

So... you remember I was telling

you about that women's charity

I'm involved with on campus?

Yes.

Well, uh... I'm organizing

a fundraiser

so I'm gonna need to head home

two days early.

So you're not gonna be here

for New Year's.

Well, I can say no,

but it's just for a really

good cause

and they really need someone

with organizational skills.

No, I think you should do it.

It's good to stay engaged

with causes that you're

passionate about.

It's like Father Young

was saying in church today:

it's important to give back.

Hey, Mir?

What's going on?

Nothing.

Because you can always

talk to me.

About anything. Ok?

I'm always here for you.

I know.

I just gotta get back to school.

Ah, there you are.

Sorry, my flight was delayed.

We gotta get you in makeup.

You have four scenes

in two days,

and on Monday your scene

is a great opportunity.

Well, I have class Monday.

I have to take the redeye

Sunday.

Your loss. They want

you on set in 20.

Turn me into Belle.

Sexy

She's so sexy...

That was a very good lesson.

She's too sexy ...

She's too sexy

She's too sexy

I am so psyched for rush week!

I really want to get

into Theta Tao.

They throw the best parties.

Are you really gonna rush?

It seems so brutal.

Well, Jeff is a legacy pledge

because of his dad

so he's got a better shot.

Well, I still have to make

a good impression.

I mean, they have to want

you around.

The whole Greek thing seems

kind of arcane to me.

You hear that?

Fun is coming!

Hey, Miriam.

Can I ask you something?

Yeah, sure.

Are you in a porn movie?

What're you talking about?

'Cause if not,

then there's this girl

who looks exactly like you.

Like, exactly.

And she even sounds like you

and, well, I mean...

Belle Knox...

it's you, isn't it?

I don't-I don't know

what you're talking about.

I don't-I don't know

who that is.

I guess I have a doppleganger.

So you have a twin sister

who is also a women's

studies major?

Oh, hey, hey, don't get upset.

Jeff, we're friends, right?

Yes. Of course.

I need you to promise me

that you're not gonna

tell anybody, ok?

If anybody finds out about this

my life is over.

Please.

Ok. I won't.

Pinky swear.

Yeah. Pinky swear.

What's up?

Are you ok?

Yeah.

I'm just not really in it

to win it tonight.

Ugh. I feel you.

Hey, Mr. Kennedy's

talking to Jeff.

What do you think

they're talking about?

You know what, I have to go.

Ok. I'll see you later.

What?

Hey, what's wrong?

Nothing.

I'm just... feeling really

stressed about school.

It's ok.

Freshman year can

be overwhelming.

Go back to sleep.

Dude, it's early!

My roommates are asleep!

Did you tell them?

Oh, crap.

I guess something

may have slipped.

Half the frats friended

me last night.

I'm so sorry, Miriam. Ok?

I guess 'cause it's rush

and I had been drinking

and the guys started razzing me.

So they've all seen it?

You showed them?

I'm really, really sorry.

You should be!

My life is over!

You must have known that this

would get out eventually!

It's on the internet!

Miriam...

Oh my gosh, did you hear?

There's a freshman

who's a porn star.

It's all over the collegiate

ACB.

Yeah, uh... I know.

It's me.

What do you mean, it's you?

I'm the porn star.

What are you talking about?

I didn't go home

for Thanksgiving

and I didn't visit my friend

at Georgetown.

I've been flying to LA

to shoot porn scenes.

What? Why?

I really need to pay for school

and you can make a lot of money

and we had kinda joked about it.

So you've just been lying to me?

I didn't want anyone to know.

I didn't want it to get out.

Why didn't you just tell me?

You have been such

a great friend,

but I didn't want you to think

less of me.

Listen, I don't care

what you do.

As long as you don't lie to me.

Ok.

This person says I should

get expelled.

"What a whore, her nose

is bigger than her tits."

This is crazy.

"She should just kill herself

and do everybody a favour."

"She deserves

to get raped."

They're just trolls.

Nobody posted my name, right?

No.

But people are gonna find out.

You know that, right?

There are so many porn

actresses out there,

I just thought it was impossible

for somebody to recognize me.

I mean, I thought I could just

go under the radar.

How could I have been so stupid?

Look, there are supportive

comments, too.

"Who cares? It's her

body, not yours."

Look.

There's a message

from a girl named Amanda.

Does she want to call me

a whore, too?

Actually, she works

for the school paper.

She wants to talk to you.

Uh, no.

I think it might be a good idea.

You don't deserve

to be harassed.

Hi.

Uh... I'm Miriam.

Amanda. Wanna sit?

I don't know about this.

I get it.

Gossip spreads fast on campus.

It's only gonna get rougher,

too.

Right.

And some of the frats and

sororities know who I am,

but my name isn't

totally out there.

For the purposes of my article

I can use an alias.

Whatever you're

comfortable with.

And I promise to be fair.

I just don't know.

This is your chance

to tell your side.

Don't you want to make lemonade?

You know, the guy who outed

me was watching hardcore porn

and yet I'm the one

who's being called a slut.

Because somehow creating

the content is more shameful

than consuming it?

It's a double standard.

So doing porn, for you,

is a feminist act?

Yeah, in a way.

Is that why you're doing it?

I'm doing it because

I need money.

My parents can't afford the

$60,000 a year tuition at Duke

and I don't want to be

in debt for the rest of my life.

I mean, if I waitressed

part-time

I would maybe make $400 a month,

and it's degrading.

You don't find porn degrading?

Actually, it's empowering.

I get to have this alter-ego.

It's like Miriam is this

serious, studious, nerdy girl

and then Belle is this sexy,

mischievous, uninhibited minx.

Yeah, but... aren't most

of the directors men?

And then the way that

these women are shown,

usually helpless, disposable

sex toys

that exist only to pleasure men.

It's true, a lot of

the directors are men.

But maybe it's time

that that changed.

And there's a lot of different

kinds of porn

for different sexual

preferences.

You know, a lot of women,

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