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Victorias_Secret
Born New York City
Author of "Masochist's Lib" published in the Village Voice 1971, http://kia.addr.com/pain/masolib.html and co-founder of The Eulenspiegel Society, the first s/m liberation group.
Favorite movies: El Topo, Steppenwolf, Secretary, Le Prisonniere. New faves: Twilight, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
Favorite TV Shows: Law and Order: SVU, Countdown, Jersey Shore
Favorite band: Nine Inch Nails, Tom Petty
Favorite authors: Dostoevsky, early Anne Rice, JT Rowling, Thomas Harris
Harry Potter Hogwarts House: Syltherin
I'm moving my web site. I gave my new url although much of it isn't up yet. It will be soon.
Reviews
Secretary (2002)
Sensitive, Moving Love Story
Secretary is an s/m love story of such beauty, depth and understanding, it left me feeling touched in my innermost soul. In a culture which values and rewards a plastic sort of "perfection," this film features two people who are far from that mold. Lee Halloway is a compulsive self-cutter who has just gotten out of a mental hospital at the start of the movie. She is everything society would define as a "loser," while her sister, who weds the very day of Lee's homecoming, is what would normally be considered a "winner." Despite her problems and imperfections, Lee pursues life with an awesome courage, entering the job market which swallows up so many girls, sucking them into a life of anonymous drudgery. But Lee finds just what she needs in the law offices of Edward Grey. Grey, a top, picking up on her potential, brings Lee out as a sexual submissive. The couple soon have deep feelings for one and other but Grey carries a lot of shame about his kinkiness and abruptly tries to end it, firing Lee.
It turns out OK in the end. Lee, evincing a will of iron (anyone thinking masochists are weak would learn a lot from this movie) wins a trial by ordeal which he sets up for her and proves herself worthy.
The film shows that a happy, "normal" life is possible for people who are outside the norm. Jack used to say, "the gods in heaven rejoice when one freak finds another." Perhaps the message is that people are only freaks as long as they are isolated in their difference. In their ability to love each other, Edward and Lee move from darkness to light, from alienation to salvation.
Lee says, " In one way or another I've always suffered. I didn't know why exactly." But suffering is the legacy of mortal existence. To live is to be vulnerable, to know pain and fear. Courage is about daring to embrace life in spite of that. The masochist does this by accepting pain and pleasure. "But I do know that I'm not so scared of suffering now. I feel more than I've ever felt and I've found someone to feel with. To play with. To love in a way that feels right for me. I hope he knows that I can see that he suffers too. And that I want to love him."
A Distant Thunder (1978)
Good Movie
This is a good sequel to the first, Thief in the Night. The continuation of the main character, Patty, and the "villian," Diane gives it continuity. New characters are also introduced.
A Thief in the Night (1972)
Good, Slick Movie
For a message film made by a religious group for the purpose of proseletizing, this is a very professional quality, well-made movie. It brings out the themes in a natural way, it has characters who are fun to watch. My one criticism is there is too long a period just showing Patty running and it gets boring after you've seen it a few times. But there's also plenty of people interacting and discussing their different views. The acting is also very good.