This post is a writer’s-commentary on a sketch I wrote, based on two Bible stories: Joseph and Potiphar’s wife in […]
Ruth and Joseph: A closer look at love vs abuse Read Post »
#churchtoo, Firelight, Rape in the Old Testament, The church and consent
(Ruth chapter 3 in my pocket New Jerusalem Bible, published by Darton, Longman and Todd) This is a drama sketch
Love vs Abuse: a drama sketch about Boaz and Ruth, Joseph and Potiphar’s wife Read Post »
Consent in the arts, My creativity, Rape in the Old Testament, StarlightIt was just gone midday on the 21st January 2015. The previous evening I’d decided that it was worth doing a blog
Why do I write about the Fifty Shades trilogy? Read Post »
50 Shades, Moonlight, My bloggingBDSM stands for: Bondage and discipline, domination and submission, sadism and masochism. I want to get something straight right at
Why do I write about BDSM? Read Post »
BDSM, Moonlight, My bloggingOK, I want to throw my two cents in when it comes to the portrayal of sex in the film of
About the “steamy action” in 50-Shades-the-film Read Post »
50 Shades, Moonlight
At the end of 50 Shades of Grey, Ana asks Christian for the “worst” punishment. He hits her six times and stops. Was this bad or indeed the “worst”?
What’s bad about “the worst” six slaps? Read Post »
50 Shades, BDSM, MoonlightThis piece of writing is a fantastic one-stop-shop about what consent really looks like. The BDSM-er who wrote it intended it more as a
7 essential facts about consent (guest post) Read Post »
BDSM, MoonlightIn some respects Lord of the Rings was wasted on me when I first read it. I was after action and
Ana’s spin cycle – the most mundane description of an orgasm ever? Read Post »
50 Shades, MoonlightOK, I confess. I was all up for writing a piece about consent and victim blaming and the difference between
I’m getting various search hits with people asking why 50 Shades is abusive, so I thought I would try and summarise the
Why do people say 50 Shades is (or isn’t) abusive? Read Post »
50 Shades, MoonlightWhen I think of women getting all excited about the idea of finding their personal dominant Christian Grey, I think of
To all newbie subs exploring BDSM: beware sub-frenzy (guest post) Read Post »
BDSM, MoonlightOne of the common complaints about 50 Shades is that it’s badly written. Jamie Dornan was quoted in the Guardian as
Is it intellectual snobbery to say Fifty Shades is badly written? Read Post »
50 Shades, Moonlight
This is essential reading for the would-be Ana’s out there who are curious about BDSM (and for anyone looking to be
Newbie submissive-types – this is what you REALLY need to know in BDSM (guest post) Read Post »
BDSM, MoonlightThis post is about a problem I have in chapter 8 of 50 Shades of Grey, which is that it is
A short post on the day the website was created.
Happy Birthday Website! Read Post »
My blogging, Starlight
