Danielle Maggio, PhD
@daniellemaggio.bsky.social
Writer | Professor | Vocalist | Vinyl DJ Betty Davis biogrpahy GAME IS HER MIDDLE NAME out Feb 2027 *Pre-order available now*
You can now pre-order my book GAME IS HER MIDDLE NAME: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF BETTY DAVIS (out Feb 9, 2027) direct from @lightintheattic.bsky.social #BettyDavis lightintheattic.net/products/gam...
Game Is Her Middle Name: The Life and Music of Betty Davis
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Fab article by @sapiotextual.bsky.social about @workinggirlspress.bsky.social book I HATE MY JOB: THOTS ON LABOR, SEX WORK, AND CAPITALISM. I DJ'd for the Pittsburgh book launch and got to discuss Betty Davis as a local foremother of erotic labor and how gender, performance, and survival overlap.
Pittsburgh is a fitting home base for a new book tying sex work and labor
“I feel like your stories are always doing double duty,” a friend texted me after reading one of my recent articles about the sex industry, “covering the subject matter and reinforcing what you want p...
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My biography on Betty Davis is available for pre-order! This book has been a true labor of love - over 10 years in the making - and I can’t wait for the rest of the world to know the full, complex, and brilliant humanity of the incomprable Betty Davis #BettyDavis feministpress.org/products/978...
Game Is Her Middle Name
The first full biography of the funk pioneer cited as an inspiration by artists from Beyoncé to Questlove. As a girl, Betty Davis fixed her eyes on stardom and never looked back. After leaving a viole...
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Super proud to announce that my partner @daniellemaggio.bsky.social’s forthcoming book about funk goddess Betty Davis, called Game Is Her Middle Name, is now available for pre-order via @feministpress.bsky.social! #BettyDavis #funk #musichistory
Game Is Her Middle Name
The first full biography of the funk pioneer cited as an inspiration by artists from Beyoncé to Questlove. As a girl, Betty Davis fixed her eyes on stardom and never looked back. After leaving a viole...
feministpress.org
Check out my partner @punkademic.bsky.social dragging Henry Ford to filth on @thisguysucked.com podcast!
Claire E. Aubin@ceaubin.com · last yr.Born too late to call Henry Ford a gigantic POS to his face, but at just the right time to make a podcast about it. 😌 Catch Prof. Zack Furness @punkademic.bsky.social on today’s episode of TGS @thisguysucked.com - available wherever you listen to pods!
My publisher - Feminist Press - had their 35k NEA grant terminated. This is the highest level of government censorship attacking marginalized voices and stories. Please support FP by donoting, buying their books from your local bookstore, or from their website #NEA #neagrants www.feministpress.org
My book deal with @feministpress.bsky.social for Betty Davis bio was just announced on @publisherswkly.bsky.social #BettyDavis
My boo @saucequeen.bsky.social has a really nice segment in this @wyep.bsky.social radio special, talking about the great Betty Davis & her music. Check it out!
Celebrate Women's History Month with, Sara Innamorato, Danielle Maggio & Century III’s Carrie Battle
For Women's History Month, WYEP has asked some special guests to tell us which artists they're celebrating throughout March.
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The 7th installment of my “Betty Davis in Japan” series is out. In it, I reflect on my trip where I retraced Betty’s final steps as a working musician & contextualize both the end of her career-before her reclusion-& her current legacy as a funk pioneer #BettyDavis open.substack.com/pub/lightint...
Betty Davis in Japan - Entry #7
A Travel Journal by Danielle Maggio. Entry #7 of 7.
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New episode from Light In The Attic’s Liner Notes podcast just dropped! In it, I read the notes that I wrote for Betty Davis’s final album, 1979’s Crashin’ From Passion. #BettyDavis litapodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/bet...
Crashin' From Passion: The Swan Song of Betty Davis | Light in the Attic's Liner Notes
There is one testimonial about Betty Davis that is universal: she was an artist ahead of her time. From her brief moment in the limelight to her decades of living as a recluse until her death in 2022,...
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6th installment of “Betty Davis in Japan” is out! In it, I cover more record shopping (shocking, I know), visiting the Tokyo National museum, and meeting Betty’s family friend from their hometown, American expat Alex Easley #BettyDavis open.substack.com/pub/lightint...
Betty Davis in Japan - Entry #6
A Travel Journal by Danielle Maggio. Entry #6 of 7.
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Check out @saucequeen.bsky.social’s fabulous Christmas soul music playlist to get you through the holidays: open.spotify.com/playlist/0DT...
Super Soul Sauce Christmas
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5th installment of “Betty Davis in Japan” is out! In it, I cover our day at Tokyo’s only classical musical museum, The Lion Cafè, and seeing live erotic performance art #BettyDavis open.substack.com/pub/lightint...
Betty Davis in Japan - Entry #5
A Travel Journal by Danielle Maggio. Entry #5 of 7.
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4th installment of “Betty Davis in Japan” is out! In it, I cover meeting film composer Shigeru Umebayashi who was collaborating on a new song with Betty during her last years, and visiting The Crocodile Club to see the last stage Betty ever performed on. #BettyDavis open.substack.com/pub/lightint...
Betty Davis in Japan - Entry #4
A Travel Journal by Danielle Maggio. Entry #4 of 7.
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Okay, THIS is what the Internet is for. I had the good fortune to interview Betty Davis for Esquire in ‘07. Danielle, I can’t wait to dive in. Seriously 🎉🎉🎉
Danielle Maggio, PhD@daniellemaggio.bsky.social · 2y agoMy new essay series documents my trip to Japan where I retraced Betty Davis’s final steps as a musician in 1983 and interview her former band mates, friends & lovers. Most importantly, I saw through her final resting wishes at Mt. Fuji. open.substack.com/pub/lightint... #BettyDavis #BettyDavisfunk
3rd installment of “Betty Davis in Japan” is out! In it I share my pilgrimage to Mt. Fuji to carry out Betty’s final resting wishes #BettyDavis open.substack.com/pub/lightint...
Betty Davis in Japan - Entry #3
A Travel Journal by Danielle Maggio. Entry #3 of 7.
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2nd installment of “Betty Davis in Japan” is out! In it I cover my day of record digging and meeting musicians Tatsuhiko Arakawa (leader of The Arakawa Band who backed Betty) and Itsuro Shimoda, one of Betty’s “great loves.” #BettyDavis open.substack.com/pub/lightint...
My new essay series documents my trip to Japan where I retraced Betty Davis’s final steps as a musician in 1983 and interview her former band mates, friends & lovers. Most importantly, I saw through her final resting wishes at Mt. Fuji. open.substack.com/pub/lightint... #BettyDavis #BettyDavisfunk
