tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post1579104342909494285..comments2023-11-05T04:09:53.857-05:00Comments on Something Short and Snappy: 50 Shades Darker- Chapter 1Erika The Over Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03649072707709302370noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post-75504058634718050582015-05-11T13:05:20.708-04:002015-05-11T13:05:20.708-04:00I can't walk in heels, but that's because ...I can't walk in heels, but that's because I've torn ligaments in both ankles, fully broken one ankle bone and chipped the other. That was years ago, but I've had enough injuries to make my ankles structurally unstable. I could walk in heels before that.<br /><br /><br />I've known a ton of people who are ESL speakers, including my husband. None of them ever drop non-English words into conversation with people who don't speak the language, especially for common words and phrases like "Oh God". Jose is written to be such an insulting stereotype.Elisabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post-13432103054555793832015-03-11T15:09:57.733-04:002015-03-11T15:09:57.733-04:00I think the main reason why most women obsess over...I think the main reason why most women obsess over Christian Grey is because he's a fragment of their fantasies. There's no escaping it. Some women wants to be showered with love and attention, and this Grey guy is giving them just that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post-23555163014755074442013-10-17T19:21:10.439-04:002013-10-17T19:21:10.439-04:00Oh my god girl, you crack me the fuck up!
Once I ...Oh my god girl, you crack me the fuck up! <br />Once I finished reading your recaps of the first book (which, I'm sorry to have to tell you, has made me start reading it too), and then I went and read the whole "Mark Reads Twilight" series on<br />buzznet (which was awesome), and now I'm back! Mark was great and all, but I missed you and your hilarious commentary! I've been super irritable lately with all the overt sexism, racism, classism, etc. that fuels these tweenie<br />bopper/young adult, fanfic-esque, horribly written/edited books that I didn't even realize how much I missed cackling hysterically at your reviews! <br />Thank you SO much for doing all three of these books, I have enjoyed them immensely!CocoaBeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post-29851863625230693812013-07-04T01:50:31.771-04:002013-07-04T01:50:31.771-04:00Doesn't she go to UW in Vancouver? Dartmouth i...Doesn't she go to UW in Vancouver? Dartmouth is on the east coast right?mostfabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post-82303307705146924032013-04-20T08:08:50.631-04:002013-04-20T08:08:50.631-04:00Gah...I've kind of read most of your posts on ...Gah...I've kind of read most of your posts on the first book AND NOW I CAN'T STOP...Darn you...funny blogger! ahhahaah! Checked out "La Blue" yet? ;) Thanks for this. I find myself laughing so hard at the unintentionally funny sex scenes and your even funnier comments. And also...you know what's sad? That the books are actually bestsellers and James is actually laughing as well...ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. Sigh.Really Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post-10320681980727554802013-01-01T17:46:12.768-05:002013-01-01T17:46:12.768-05:00The closest thing I got to an answer to why someon...The closest thing I got to an answer to why someone would like Grey was "I don't. He's an ass, I would never be in a relationship with him- but I'd date him for fun. He's rich, articulate about what he wants in bed, apparently the prettiest man ever, and super fucking ripped. He can fuck you any way you want to be fucked and then take you out shopping and to some fancy restaurant and the opera." So, they like what he offers, even though they themselves think he's an ass. That said, the woman who said that to me doesn't have the same stance as many who gush over him. <br /><br />I have to fight the urge to just link to my own blog now anytime someone on Facebook gushes about how woooonderful Grey is. The BDSM community gets a terrible rap, and it really frustrates me that a book that's trying to celebrate it is still treating it like it's dirty and gross. Erihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122553313316730582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post-64288002477373174282012-12-31T20:51:11.622-05:002012-12-31T20:51:11.622-05:00Am I the only one who thinks it's a tad contri...Am I the only one who thinks it's a tad contrived that Ana manages to recall every single synonym verbatim? Also, for all the ladies on my Facebook who say how much they LURVE GREY... I seriously want to hurt them. No, for realz. And then I want them to explain to me why they didn't LUUUUUURVE every minute of it. Psychology aside (cuz I could go on for hours about trust issues, evolution of sex, etc), Grey. Is. Not. Sexy. He's not that "dick to everyone except his lover," cuz he's a fucking dick to her too! And these women who are all Oh Em Gee about him taking such a radically violent interest in what/when she eats and who she talks to-- these same women bitch that their husband DARED to ask if they ate the last of the popcorn. I remain steadfastedly confident that if their significant others did anything close to some of Grey's shenanigans that the police would be called for domestic dispute.<br />Can someone who adores Grey please give me a sincere breakdown of WHY. Just WHY. I'm into BDSM. I understand how guilty fantasies work. I'm curious why this god-awful abusive literary character is experiencing such a following while the videos online are still called sick twisted misogynistic porn. Marzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892483325188515450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post-10206787869797542192012-12-19T17:56:02.102-05:002012-12-19T17:56:02.102-05:00I love your way of reading the book! Please don...I love your way of reading the book! Please don't stop :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post-7697101195548794402012-12-16T19:30:08.655-05:002012-12-16T19:30:08.655-05:00Oh, Christian Grey, how our collective livers have...Oh, Christian Grey, how our collective livers have missed you. And by "missed you", we mean "are now crying out in massed voice about the alcohol we will need to get through this book". It's certainly nice to know that the intervening time hadn't changed Christian at all, and that Ana is still unable to manifest anything resembling getting protection from her stalker with gigantic boundary issues.<br /><br />Also, is it me, or have all the men up to this point been singularly awful about boundaries, respect, permission, and all the things that actually make a good relationship? Grey is a stalker, Hyde (Worst. Foreshadowing. Ever.) is a lech and the boss, and Jose is profiting off of pictures of indeterminate intimacy of Ana by exhibiting and selling them. After he tried to date-rape her in the first book. Eliot isn't looking out for anyone, and Ray is remarkably clueless about everything, or approves of Grey (because black magic). If this is supposed to be a het fantasy romance...there isn't anyone here that qualifies as either a fantasy or a romance. Aigh! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post-40988382793672295222012-12-14T14:59:37.218-05:002012-12-14T14:59:37.218-05:00CN: eating and weight issues
Assuming she is eati...CN: eating and weight issues<br /><br /><em>Assuming she is eating more than that, is 5 pounds in 5 days even possible?</em><br /><br />Yes. Happened to me a couple months ago when I had one of those lingering stomach bugs and could hardly eat anything.<br /><br /><em>Or enough time to have a such a drastic change that your clothes would fit differently and people would be able to tell by looking at you?</em><br /><br />After <em>ten</em> pounds (and eleven days)*, the pair of pants that had a loose waist when I bought them and had since grown into were loose again. (The others fit the same.) I don't think I looked obviously different.<br /><br />*I decided if I lost 10% of my pre-illness weight I'd call the doctor, but it never quite got that bad. (It was still pretty worrying.)Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034585577015417306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post-82479415170709971912012-12-13T17:01:10.126-05:002012-12-13T17:01:10.126-05:00"Angst-zombie" is my new favorite phrase..."Angst-zombie" is my new favorite phrase. Sure, people feel crappy after a breakup, but this totally reeks of "Remember, girl-children, your sense of purpose and identity must always be attached to a penis-carrier."<br />And I thought of your blog when I had to copyedit this brainless girl's review article on FSOG for our college's student-run news website. If FSOG makes me lose faith in humanity, seeing an actual person's raptures over it is ten times worse. Then again, I find myself in continual astonishment at how much of a dumbass she is, and FSOG can't take credit for all of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946534773407276339.post-56888000887910019842012-12-13T01:09:57.114-05:002012-12-13T01:09:57.114-05:00D:
There is so much wrong with this book! SO MUC...D:<br /><br />There is so much wrong with this book! SO MUCH!<br /><br />I'm not sure the damned books aren't somehow magic. I just don't know how anyone can read them and be all "It's soooo romantic." and not "EUAGH!"<br /><br />I mean, I get that different things turn different people on - and that's fine. But it really seems like the people who like the books are reading <em>something completely different.</em>depizannoreply@blogger.com