50 Shades of Grey is a nightmare of a book. It haunts me. I hate it to such a degree that if I see some idiot reading it on the train/plane/street I have to actually restrain myself from slapping the offending book out of their hands and stamping on it. Obviously that would cause more problems for me than it would solve if I chose to do it while cruising at 20,000 feet, but honestly, I think the end would justify the means. I'd at least get a little newspaper article about it where I could say, on the record: "I genuinely felt for the long-term mental health of the woman in question. I wasn't in any way trying to harm her. I was trying to save her. I'm Batman."
I meant to start this entry with a sort of 'do no harm' self-edict, but then I went on a tangent about destroying books, so that's bang out of the window. LOOK, I get that some people like these atrocious books. I get that some people are fanwanking over who may or may not play Christian Grey in a fucking abhorrent movie. I get that. And that's actually okay. Clearly I'm not going to be able to convince all these people that the books are poison and EL James is actually a low-tier demon sent to spread sedition and subtly vilify the BDSM community. So long as you don't make me listen to you talk about how much you love the books, and how that guy from White Collar would be ermagurd the best Fifty ever, then we're okay. If I can't see it, I can pretend it doesn't exist.
With this in mind, I may have to delete my Facebook account, because THIS? THIS, PEOPLE? THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND I NEED YOU TO EXPLAIN THIS BULLSHIT:
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UGH. CHRIST. I don't have enough expletives in my vocabulary to explain my reaction to this popping up on my Facebook news feed. I want to die.
It probably tastes like bodywash.
LOL! This is one of the funniest things I have read in a loooong time! I have not read this book yet. I guess I am one of the few who have not. But several of my NON-BDSM friends have gone on and on about how wonderful it is...but I DO live within the boundaries of the various BDSM lifestyles, and since I have read a LOT of posts by people IN the lifestyle that say it is crap, I have kind of lost my desire to read it. Thanks for this post! It gave me giggles!
ReplyDeleteOh MAN, don't read them. Seriously, especially if you're in the community. I might be getting really offended on your behalf, that's a possibility, but I really doubt it. I am 100% sure that I did more research on the community than EL James did prior to writing those books, and even with my limited knowledge I can see Christian Grey is the worst Dom in the fucking world. Trussing her up so tightly it leaves bruises? Taking photos of his previous Subs in case they tell people about his sexual preferences? Oh, come on, James.
DeleteI don't care that the cake in the photo has a dick on it and is strewn with sex toys. Fine, have a dick on your cake, people, I don't mind. I've eaten a dick cake or two in my time at various Hen parties. It's the fact that someone loved those GODDAMN BOOKS so much they commissioned a cake--
RARGHRAGH STOP. Okay, I'm okay.
Trust your friends, the books are crap. Thanks for the comment, it made me smile :D