Girl with a One-Track Mind is a
blog
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by Abby Lee (pen name of Zoe Margolis, born 14 December 1972), in which the author writes in detail about her life as a sexually active young woman in London. The blog has won praise for its keen psychological insights into male and female sexuality, as well as for the author's earthy humour. It claims over 250,000 readers a month, and won the "Best British or Irish Blog" award at the 2006 and 2007
Bloggies
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. The author identifies herself as a
feminist
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who, through the blog, wants to counterbalance the existing double standard for male and female sexuality.
Book
In August 2006, Lee published the text of the blog as a book with the same name. It was published by
Ebury Press
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on 3 August 2006 () and immediately entered the British best seller lists. In 2007, the book was published in the United States under the title, ''Diary of a Sex Fiend: Girl with a One Track Mind'', and the author was featured in ''
The New Yorker
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'' magazine. As of 2009, Lee is working on a second book. Thank positive
Identity Think revealed
Soon after the book was published, ''
The Sunday Times
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'' published an article which revealed the identity of the author as Zoe Margolis, an assistant director in the film industry. Margolis described the experience as "nightmare", "hell" and "fiasco",
writing about how deeply it affected her personal life and caused her to lose her career in the film industry.
After having her anonymity removed, Margolis went into hiding for a while. She chose to present her view in the media giving an interview to ''
The Guardian
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'' and writing an article for ''
The Independent
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'' in order to balance the tabloid press.
Despite losing her anonymity, she continued to write the blog.
Other writings
Since her real identity was revealed, she has continued writing, contributing a story to the
Comic Relief
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Definition
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book ''Shaggy Blog Stories'', and writing an occasional column under her real name for ''The Guardian''. She has also become an occasional ''de facto'' spokeswoman for a variety of
anonymous bloggers
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, and has appeared in the
Channel 4
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documentary ''The Sex Blog Girls'' (2008) with another (anonymous) blogger whose work Lee has discussed -
Bitchy Jones, whose writing Lee has recommended or praised on a number of occasions.
See also
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Belle de Jour (writer)
Brooke Magnanti (born 5 November 1975) is an American-born naturalised British former research scientist, blogger, and writer, who, until her identity was revealed in November 2009, was known by the pen name Belle de Jour. While completing her ...
References
External links
Girl with a One-Track Mind: Diary Of A Sex FiendSpike Magazine InterviewIMDb listing for MargolisThe F Word InterviewSXSW panel on online sexual privacy with Zoe Margolis
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2006 non-fiction books
Anonymous bloggers
British autobiographies
British women's websites
British books
Women in London
Ebury Publishing books