Miriam Weeks, Duke Porn Star: 'Belle Knox' Recalls First Day In X-Rated Film & Reveals Her Heroes [VIDEO]
Miriam Weeks, the porn star and Duke University student, recalled a pleasing memory of when she first got into the adult entertainment industry.
Miriam Weeks Dishes On Her Stage Name
On Friday, she took to her Twitter page to send a message to former sex worker Annie Sprinkle who Weeks seems to admire.
"@AnnieSprinkle still remember reading Why Whores Are My Heroes my very first day in porn and thinking, wow, this Sprinkle lady is awesome!" Weeks wrote.
Despite having a positive memory, the X-rated actress who also goes by "Belle Knox," dished to Rolling Stone on her first experience in porn, which was not that fun of an experience for her. She revealed that she was slapped, spit on and called names, but went through with it anyway.
Weeks has made herself a massive icon in the porn industry with her numerous interviews on sex workers and women's rights. She's also talked about people attacking her for her work choice, which comes from both men and women.
"I think that women resent me more," Weeks told FOX 411. "But I do get a lot of the slut shaming from guys."
"I have had a lot of critique come to me kind of from the anti-porn feminists of Duke, and sometimes there's a way to get your point out there," she continued. "And I totally appreciate opinions, I love when people can argue with me or whatever, but there's a way to do it without attacking my personal character."
