So at work today, I decided to get a can of Mountain Dew to drink. I popped my thirty-five cents into the machine, and hit the button. Out popped a can
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Fifty Shades of Grey = lame, uninspiring, baaaaadly written, may I go on? and I happen to have a not-so-secret love for smut. But there is so much better out there. If you ever need recommendations, I'm your girl. ;) also, nothing in it will surprise/shock you unless you've been living under a rock for the last decade. and since you're reading about anal sex with ginger, I daresay you haven't. :)
Beat me to it, you did :P I don't particularly object to the fact that it was published on any fannish basis; if the author only had to scrub out the serial numbers for it to escape copyright issues, it's different enough for me, personally, not to care. (I feel this way about a lot of AUs, actually.) I do, however, object on the basis of quality. Still, I suppose there must inevitably be something to fill the 90% of Sturgeon's Law.
In addition to all of the above, I've also heard that Fifty Shades of Gray makes a mockery of meaningful consent, and that the kink community is completely appalled by the fact that large swaths of people are going to think the book accurately depicts a healthy kinky lifestyle/the kink scene in general.
I've also heard a lot of criticism about the book regarding the lack of meaningful consent on top of the creepy stalker-ish behavior standard for twilight fanfic. While I want to think of the idea that it's popularity has the silver lining of opening up discussions on kink and sexuality, I can't even credit it with that since it doesn't seem to portray any kind of understanding of how dom/sub relationships or meaningful consent work. You don't push someone into being your sub, assume things about their kinks and limits, or discourage them from using a safeword
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Well put. There's bound to be a certain percentage of people out there who think they can use the book as a step-by-step guide, which alarms me deeply on behalf of them and any partners that may be subjected to their misinformation.
YES. YES TO ALL OF THIS. This is why I can't read it. My wife likes it but she herself admits that the first time they had sex it was DEFINITELY non-con, dub-con at best.
I haven't made it through all the posts yet, so I can't tell you that it won't have a horrible fanfic-shaming bit in the middle, a la Mark Reads Twilight, but it's in the same family of chapter-by-chapter reviews.
I went to Barnes and Noble to pick up the latest Artemis Fowl book. While I was looking for it, a salesperson asked if I needed help finding something "Maybe Shades of Grey?"
I LITERALLY shuddered said "Oh god no. No way"
Everyone's pretty much covered what I think about those books. There are better things written in the ff.net section under mature.
LOL, I've had that happen to me also with 20 oz Pepsi bottles. It happened while I was at college. I ended up with three Pepsi bottles. I just placed the other two in my bag and considered it a very good day!
I have the book 50 Shades of Grey and plan on reading it just out of curiousity. Like you mentioned, after reading so much fanfiction, I wonder if it's going to shock me.
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also, nothing in it will surprise/shock you unless you've been living under a rock for the last decade. and since you're reading about anal sex with ginger, I daresay you haven't. :)
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I haven't made it through all the posts yet, so I can't tell you that it won't have a horrible fanfic-shaming bit in the middle, a la Mark Reads Twilight, but it's in the same family of chapter-by-chapter reviews.
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I LITERALLY shuddered said "Oh god no. No way"
Everyone's pretty much covered what I think about those books. There are better things written in the ff.net section under mature.
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I have the book 50 Shades of Grey and plan on reading it just out of curiousity. Like you mentioned, after reading so much fanfiction, I wonder if it's going to shock me.
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