Girlish Figure

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jan 15 13:55:14 PST 2002


Hakki Alacakaptan wrote:


>So many people struggle to look like the fantasy images in TV and film. This
>woman's trying to imitate the fantasy images of fetish art. She's suffering
>to be more kinky (and bec she gets off on pain, I guess). It's the old
>problem of where you draw the line with living out fantasies. I don't buy
>the idea that it's OK to live out fantasies of violence and oppression,
>which can somehow be compartmentalized so as not to take over the rest of
>your life. How can something not take over your life if it's so exciting and
>obsessional?

Depends on what you mean by "take over your life," doesn't it?

Doug



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