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Dr. Maya Angelou (memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist) was a sex worker. Her book, “Gather Together in My Name” (1974), is all about her sex-working past.
(4/4) She never hid what she did. Nor did she feel shame. Yet, her sex work is one of the best-kept secrets I've ever seen. Maya wasn't ashamed of her past, why should we be? Click this article for more on erasure and how it connects to respectability politics: titsandsass.com/the-erasure-...
The Erasure of Maya Angelou’s Sex Work History
As Black History Month draws to a close, we thought revisiting Peech’s seminal essay on Maya Angelou would be appropriate. Dr. Maya Angelou, American Poet Laureate, most famous for authoring…
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February 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Dr. Maya Angelou (memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist) was a sex worker. Her book, “Gather Together in My Name” (1974), is all about her sex-working past.