You don’t need to go very far to find people arguing that the relationship dynamic in 50 Shades is abusive… and when you find them you’re likely to find someone else saying “It’s not abuse, it’s BDSM.” This essay by Jenny Trout gives her reasons on why she believes 50 Shades is harmful to the image of BDSM and why she doesn’t want people to use 50 Shades to defend her personal choices. Dear 50 Shades fan: BDSM doesn’t need or want your defense. Content note: this has colourful language and some explicit content. Heed the content note she puts at the top of the essay.
Did you find this by clicking on a ping back from Jenny’s blog? You might be interested in:
- this post I wrote analysing the discipline Christian gives Ana in the last chapter of 50 Shades of Grey, or
- this post on Scarleteen about the difference between kink and abuse, or
- this video by Laci Green why the books misrepresent BDSM, or
- this message to submissive-types from a woman in the BDSM scene.
