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Belle de Jour ("Brooke Magnanti") - I still say HOAX

"Belle de Jour" an alleged anonymous prostitute blogger, is now allegedly outed as Brooke Magnanti, a scientist. I'd believe she's the writer, but I don't buy the story. I'm going out on a limb here. All the initial punditry...
Posted in Infothought on November 15, 2009 10:31 AM

More on "Belle de Jour" blog potential hoax

Ghost-writing taken one step further, where the writer starts by creating the celebrity in the first place (rather a clever idea, in retrospect)
Posted in Infothought on March 31, 2004 11:59 PM

More on "Belle de Jour" as fake blog

Checking other "Belle de Jour" articles, I found one which argued skepticism based on a "Gender Genie", an algorithm for allegedly determining male or female authorship. Comments pointed out the statistics are unimpressive. So I tried testing the infamous book...
Posted in Infothought on March 23, 2004 11:30 PM

"Belle de Jour" and literary forensics

Between a real prostitute imagining being a journalist, and a real journalist imagining being a prostitute, which sounds more likely? Which profession is better equipped to exploit the other?
Posted in Infothought on March 21, 2004 11:59 PM