Dena: A Retrospective (Day 2)

Screening 2: Self-worship

Mixed Armwrestling (1.37)
Muscle Angels: Black String (2.42)

Although Dena never went nude in a performance for a female muscle photography and video site, more often than not she appeared in outfits that left very little to the imagination. Tonight’s clip, one of a series from Muscle Angels, has been chosen partly because the outfit Dena wears in it is a great example of that.

But it’s also been chosen because it exemplifies another of the key features of Dena’s performances that we saw briefly in yesterday’s screening: self-worship (or ‘autoadmiration’ as some female muscle brethren would prefer to call it). Certainly this includes the kissing, licking, squeezing or caressing of her muscles, and there is plenty of that in this clip. It also certainly includes longing, loving gazes at her muscles, particularly her biceps, as she flexes them.

But, I would argue, Dena (and very very few other female bodybuilders) had a way in front of the camera that conveyed to the viewer a sensual and sexual excitement arising from being a sexy, muscular woman. Every movement and every gesture seems to communicate that there could be no bigger turn on for Dena than being herself, at inhabiting such a desirable muscular body.

Personally, I like to believe that Dena really was turned on by her own body, that it wasn’t just a very very skilful act for the camera. To know what the truth of that is, we’d need to ask Dena herself, but I think we can all agree that whether it was how she really felt or whether it was all a show, you, me and hundreds and thousands of female muscle fans were and still are turned on by Dena’s performances and Dena’s body.








And today’s accompanying short, ‘Mixed Armwrestling’ further showcases Dena’s penchant for showing some love to her own muscles for the camera. It’s common to see a bit of bicep kissing by muscle women after armwrestling victories over men (or each other), and there’s plenty of that from Dena here. But, as usual, Dena brings a little something extra to the party, and there’s also (at about the thirty-second mark) Dena giving her bicep a good lick - mid-wrestle!





Dena’s retrospective continues tomorrow.

And if you haven’t experienced today’s clip (or any of the other clips this week) in its entirety, FMS would be delighted to point you in the direction of a place where it can be found for download. Just get in touch.