This Valentine’s DayForget the pastAnd slip into somethingA shade darker— Fifty Shades Darker – Official Trailer 1 (Universal Pictures) I’m […]
Beast vs Christian Grey: The dark art of grooming Read Post »
Redemption and Fifty ShadesWhy am I even thinking about this? — Fifty Shades of Grey, p165 This is a mini-ish post in my series
Maurice vs Ana: Motivated by age, naiveté or love? Read Post »
Redemption and Fifty ShadesI scowl with frustration at myself in the mirror. Damn my hair—it just won’t behave, and damn Katherine Kavanagh for
Belle vs Ana: Privilege of position and identity Read Post »
Redemption and Fifty Shades“I don’t have nightmares when you’re with me.”— Christian, Fifty Shades Darker, p234 Living in a state of death Redemption
Beast vs Christian: The Curse of plot-serving entitlement Read Post »
Redemption and Fifty Shades“You’re a good man, Christian, a really good man. Don’t ever doubt that.”— Ana, Fifty Shades Darker, p195 The moment
Beast vs Christian: The Fall that brings guilt and shame Read Post »
Redemption and Fifty Shades“I think the reason why you love Beauty and the Beast so much is because it has such a strong
Redemption is beautiful love, not beastly suffering Read Post »
Redemption and Fifty Shades“It’s not abuse, it’s BDSM.” Well, BDSM-ers disagree. This post is the third of three that lists some of the ways a
10 ways 50 Shades is like real-life abuse, not BDSM (part 3) Read Post »
50 Shades, BDSM, Moonlight“It’s not abuse, it’s BDSM.” *sigh* This post is the second of three that lists some of the ways a rant I
10 ways 50 Shades is like real-life abuse, not BDSM (part 2) Read Post »
50 Shades, BDSM, MoonlightOne of the biggest myths spoken about 50 Shades of Grey is “It’s not abuse, it’s BDSM.” I recently read
10 ways 50 Shades is like real-life abuse, not BDSM (part 1) Read Post »
50 Shades, BDSM, MoonlightIt 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 blogging
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, 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
One 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, MoonlightThis post is about a problem I have in chapter 8 of 50 Shades of Grey, which is that it is
