David Davis
a quick aside
With the recent announcement that the newly-launched Astra Magazine is not long for this world, I thought I’d re-share “Pain is the Point,” which I wrote for them about Michelle Handelman’s film, BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism (1995), over the summer. Featuring my friend Daemonumx, femme4femme torture, the feminist sex wars, and fist-fucking, “Pain is the Point” is a sentimental piece about an important film, one to which I’ll surely return in the years to come. Even if you don’t read my essay, see this movie. It’s worth it.
Just so this post isn’t entirely self-serving, I’ll note that this essay was edited by the illustrious Spencer Quong, a sharp and thoughtful reader that I recommend to any writer.
All right, then. As you were.
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