'Women in this culture live with sexual fear like an extra skin'
Remembering Amber Hollibaugh's 'witty and brittle and bitchy' takes on desire, politics, and fantasy.
When I read Amber Hollibaugh’s work, my whole body thrums with relief and recognition. It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve read her words. Every time, they feel just as essential and revelatory. That was true this week, as I turned again to her work—only, this time the thrumming came with sadness, too.
Hollibaugh died over the weeken…