Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose

Rhoda Feng is a freelance writer who splits her time between Washington, DC, and New York. Her work has appeared in The Baffler, 4Columns, BOMB, The White Review, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Hedgehog Review, Salon, Paris Review Daily, and more.

Rhoda Feng

Biohacking Pain: On Leigh Cowart’s “Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose”

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

Cultural Studies

Rhoda Feng is a freelance writer who splits her time between Washington, DC, and New York. Her work has appeared in The Baffler, 4Columns, BOMB, The White Review, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Hedgehog Review, Salon, Paris Review Daily, and more.