Who's reading Fifty Shades of Grey?

Lotus-eater

jackieb wrote: »

I like the t-shirts on ebay, "good girls go to heaven, bad girls go to Mr Grey" :rotfl:

AngelsMadv

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I can see both sides, yes this book portrays this man as a mucked up individual and it seems that's why he's into SM, but it doesn't say everyone who does it, is.
Ana also seems to like it at times, but she isn't mucked up.

I would have prefered a caveat in there which did say something like, everyone who likes BDSM obviously isn't like Mr Grey and doesn't like to be touched, or has a weird thing about food, or had a terribly *ucked up childhood, but it is the authors fantasy and she wrote it as such, not as a PC masterpiece.

People on any specialised forum will be annoyed at something as mainstream as this about the subject.
In fact there has been people saying on the bdsm forum I glanced at, for what it is, a literary bit of trash, it's not bad.

A really well put response. I was about to type nearly the same thing in response to Dais so ty. The bit of most interest is your point about specialist forums. Of course they are going to be annoyed by this. I'm sure forums dedicated to certain theorems will be annoyed by the Big bang theory and the portrayal of the blonde next door. It doesn't mean that this doesn't make for cracking entertainment, for adults, who can then make their own mind up.

As pointed out, never in the book is the suggested to be the norm. It is fantasy land. BDSM is very much the norm for many people, who obviously didn't have abusive upbringings or the like.

The very fact that I have received about 15 emails from Ann Summers and AfterDark (and others) with links to all sorts of restraints, whips and chains says it has done more for BDSM in the home than any TV program or book has in the past. That's a GOOD thing!

People are not scared by the BDSM scene after reading the book, they are intrigued and anxious to try it! After watching KES I was very much not anxious to try getting my hand caned! After the book, maybe my backside :rotfl:;)

AngelsMadv

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I like the t-shirts on ebay, "good girls go to heaven, bad girls go to Mr Grey" :rotfl:

I'm so going to have to look out for this!

Grumpygit

Loving all of the t shirts on eBay. Tacky but entertaining to read the slogans.

Tropez

I've read excerpts of the book that out of context come across as a gross misrepresentation of what BDSM is actually about but without placing it into that context I couldn't say either way. What I can say though is that the writing is amateurish.

Frankly, I'm waiting for this audio book - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K1RcKJVbHA

Grumpygit

I wouldn't say that the book is anything about BDSM.

Yes ok, he has some gear and initally the intent but in the context of the story, there are reasons for him being like this......which when he finds his "knightess in shining armour" disappears.

I would say that if he was a true bdsm dom then it wouldn't go away - yes people can be controlling and "wear the trousers" in a relationship but that doesn't always mean that they whip and tie their partners up.

To be honest, if people read the books and think that's what bdsm is all about then they are in for a shock.

I actually enjoyed the books for what they were - a modern day trashy intense love story with a bit of kink.....probably no worse than Jackie Collins (except there's not as many main characters!)

Lotus-eater

Goodness, I never knew we had so many bdsm experts on here!

jackieb

Tropez wrote: »

Frankly, I'm waiting for this audio book - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K1RcKJVbHA

:rotfl: :rotfl:

pleasedelete

My 75 year old mother. It is being passed round the pensioners luncheon club in her village. they are currently discussing the 2nd book and mostly reading the 3rd.

I only discovered this when she asked me to add a copy of the 3rd book to her weekly food delivery.

No-one is under 70 and most mid 80s. Apparently it's all very tame compared to living in the 1960s.

AngelsMadv

Did anyone see the thing on channel four about this? I've got it recording when it shows again on four7 tomorrow night.