When I started blogging through the plot and themes of Beauty and the Beast, making comparisons with Fifty Shades, and […]
A summary of how redemption in BATB compares with 50 Shades Read Post »
Redemption and Fifty ShadesJack’s eyes flash the darkest blue, and he sneers as he casts a leering look down my body. Fear chokes
Gaston vs Jack Hyde: Monsters, mirrors and mercy Read Post »
Redemption and Fifty ShadesWho would have thought? I grin widely, the word progress running around my brain as I drift. — Fifty Shades
Beast vs Christian: Control or change? Fixation or surrender? Read Post »
Redemption and Fifty Shades“He has a point, Christian. You’re very wealthy, and I’m bringing nothing to our marriage but my student loans.” Christian
Gollum vs Christian: Choice, commitment and consent (part 3) Read Post »
Redemption and Fifty ShadesJeez, I’m a quivering, mess, and he hasn’t even touched me. I squirm in my seat and meet his dark
Biedermann vs Christian: Choice, commitment and consent (part 2) Read Post »
Redemption and Fifty ShadesWe’re coming near to the end of the bridge, and the road is once more bathed in the neon light
Redemption vs Romance: Choice, commitment and consent (part 1) Read Post »
Redemption and Fifty Shades
Sheet music from the film of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” Recently the BBC showed the film
Music, perfection and play: shedding childhood shame Read Post »
My creativity, My faith, StarlightThis 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 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“You are exquisite, honest, warm, strong, witty, beguilingly innocent; the list is endless. I’m in awe of you.” — Christian,
Belle vs Ana: Two embodiments of redeeming virtue? 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“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, MoonlightThis guest post is about abuse within the BDSM scene, particularly what the author calls “command rape”. It’s not a piece
Coercion in BDSM negotiation is the road to “command rape”. A rant. (guest post) Read Post »
BDSM, Moonlight
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, Starlight
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, MoonlightI’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, Moonlight
