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Missy’s latest film, LSD (standing for Love, Sex and Divorce), provides an incredible insight into what is truly important to this fabulous filmmaker. Through weaving words, she explores notions of identity, independence, curiosity, individuality and purpose.
In her book, The Right to Sex , Amia Srinivasan declares that women have never yet been free to understand and express their sexuality fully. She shares the concerns of many feminists before her about the ‘false’ authority granted to pornography and how it has trained us to repeat destructive and degrading gender stereotypes.
Missy. If you sought to reap your revenge on the viewers of this film, you have succeeded. The tears you shed to understand trauma and its consequences have served their purpose. Their perverse wisdom has been transformed into a film that has caused me to weep.
I wonder how many of you were drawn to this article because of the word “ugly” in the title. And how many were attracted to the notion of “truth.” Were you hoping to be entertained with the repulsive or enlightened with answers? I wonder this because I was lured to Addikt because of its title. I was an alcoholic for decades and was curious to see if Missy’s experiences could illuminate my own. I was also quietly hopeful that she may salve the still raw wounds. Of course, this latter wish was a fanciful delusion because Missy’s films never placate. They provoke. I did not get a soothing emotional balm from this film. Instead, twice I felt the sharp edge of salt crystals scraping against my tender tissue.