Week 12

This week’s reading for me was Diary of a Dominatrix by Molly Kiely. I don’t know what exactly I was thinking or expecting going into this one based on the name, but that’s why I chose it. Being on the list for women’s comics, I thought I would find some profound insight or a twist that made it special. I don’t know if I just missed something or I don’t have the right mindset to take in certain insights but all I got from reading this comic was very sexual images and dialogue. Which I shouldn’t be surprised by, but I was surprised that it turned out to just be a literal diary of a dominatrix in comic format. I don’t know if it would be insensitive to say this or ignorant, but it really did just come across as erotica in comic format, or pornography. But if that was the case, maybe there is something to be discussed there I just don’t think about or relate to, like maybe women’s sexuality or something about the traditional role of women, etc.