That was just Maya being Maya, or whatever her real name was.
I attended a few poetry readings that Maya read at back in Detroit. She was entertaining at such occasions, but even offstage, she remained somewhat pompous and brusque around us regular people. That was okay. I never expected anything more from her.
I never saw her as an icon, but simply as a good teller of stories and analogies. All the time I was in her presence, I never forgot that she started out as a Hooker. That was always in the back of my mind.
She would have loved the internet, and would have seen herself as an Influencer. An “Influencer” is a real profession nowadays. You show a product on YouTube, or talk about it in your blog, and you influence other people to try it out too.
Wow! You were right:
I didn’t know that MAYA was not even her name. It was a nickname.
Her real name is Marguerite Johnson.
What is it, with the far lefties, always covering up their real names..?
She was once married to a GREEK SAILOR..?
Didn’t know that one, either.
In addition to once being a whore, she was later also a PIMP.
No, I don’t simply mean “Packin’ dat dope Staihl, nome sayin’..?”, I mean, uh...a real pimp.
I can say one thing for sure, she was no pretty woman.
An “Influencer” is a real profession nowadays. You show a product on YouTube, or talk about it in your blog, and you influence other people to try it out too.
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That’s all true, but there are other varieties of influencer out there. They are the recognized experts in their fields, the ones whose posts are sought out and responded to,those who have changed their selected fields of endeavor. You find these sorts of influencer in marketing, tech, writing, the arts.
Language evolves along with culture and politics. IMO, those young Instagram models are wannabes, trying to imitate the Kardashians. The never realize the K’s were wealthy and connected before they were born and they are commodities who have constantly used surgery and other means to become icons of beauty in order to sell products that are the basis of their current fortunes.
Marguerite Annie Johnson was her actual name. She rose up from very humble circumstances, indeed. She adopted the Grand Lady persona when she became a poet and writer.