What does Bonnie Blue – commodified sex object, patriarchy’s proudest product- say about feminism ? About late-stage capitalism? About social media and big tech? About free market economics? About men and boys? About aspiration? We’ve had them all – gone 12 rounds on every debate, and rooted around in the nook and cranny of every argument. Bar one!

I’m talking about class , of course – you know, the one thing we really hate talking about in this country. But we can’t understand Bonnie Blue, the brand, without understanding the middle-class life of Tia Billinger , the 26-year-old woman.

She grew up in what she calls a “completely normal family” in the quaint village of Draycott near Nottingham, taking part in professional dance competitions with thoughts of becoming a dancer or mi

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