[Warning: some links
NSFW] Callgirl and blogger Alexa DiCarlo had some questions raised about her authenticity dating back to
2008 and
2009, but her website RealPrincessDiaries.com (
archive.org cache) still attracted huge traffic and she was even named
the #1 sex blogger of 2010. A student at SFSU's
master's degree program in sexuality studies, she also volunteered her time providing sex education advice to teenagers online under the name Caitlain or Cathy. And she mentored newbie sex workers via e-mail, giving them pro tips and even sharing with them one of her top clients, Matt, whose identity and safety she vouched for.
But in true
Kaycee Nicole /
JT LeRoy style, it now turns out there
wasn't any "Alexa", "Caitlain", or "Cathy". Outed by the anonymous blog
Expose A Bro, combined with the anonymous twitter account
@ExposingAlexa, the real story has emerged. Alexa was apparently a married middle-aged guy named Pat, not a student at SFSU, had no formal training from which to be sharing "advice" (or naked photos!) with those teenagers online, and
he was the "client" that "Alexa" had sent to her protégées to sleep with...
[more inside]
posted by Asparagirl
on Nov 22, 2010 -
188 comments
Asia Snapshots "is a blog that examines topics in Asia through the perspectives of interesting people interviewed by a group of bloggers in Mainland China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and more." Meet
Gao Qingrong and family, who along with seven other households are part of
an organic farm co-op in Anlong Village, Sichuan. Or there's
the tale of how one of the bloggers met Jun Jun, a male prostitute in Beijing; an encounter with
Silang Laji, a road maintenance worker in Kham, a Tibetan region of China; and
Gege, an enterprising journalist in Chengdu.
Via
posted by Abiezer
on Feb 28, 2010 -
4 comments
