![]() ![]() This particularly comes through in relation to being a sex worker writer in the world of academia, where too many people other than sex workers themselves seem to have a stake in the narration of our pain and struggle.Īmber Dawn is the author of eight books, from fiction to memoir and poetry. In her new poetry book, My Art Is Killing Me (Arsenal Pulp, 2020), author Amber Dawn explores many of these themes as a sex worker writer. ![]() The mainstream public often wants a piece of us, but only as much as they can get rich off of us, take our stories, and twist them to serve their own agendas. Sex workers are at the center of discussions of public consumption: from questions of what labor and consumption would look like after capitalism, to whether a worker is selling their “self” in the market economy, sex workers are too often employed as an argumentative device. ![]()
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