tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925288990167100425.post7705693837049287499..comments2023-04-23T09:49:34.867-06:00Comments on My Journey Through Anorexia: Fifty Shades of HeartbreakDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05886626878002819010noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925288990167100425.post-12912441547138409462012-07-07T19:09:51.757-06:002012-07-07T19:09:51.757-06:00Holly, I agree. There is enough abuse in the world...Holly, I agree. There is enough abuse in the world that I really don't understand why women fantasize about abuse and why it is considered liberating. I know we are in the minority of women by not thinking it's sexy but I don't mind being in the minority if it means honoring my own emotions.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886626878002819010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925288990167100425.post-24747289170809401252012-07-07T18:53:41.581-06:002012-07-07T18:53:41.581-06:00I'm just not ok with it. I'm not ok with ...<i>I'm just not ok with it. I'm not ok with telling other women that it is ok, good even, to be beaten for sexual pleasure.</i><br /><br />Yeah... I'm not okay with that either. I particularly loathe that it's being pushed as edgy (unconventional, liberatory even...?!) The abuse of women is as old as time.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120903510222043127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925288990167100425.post-12966998599953718522012-06-29T20:34:44.721-06:002012-06-29T20:34:44.721-06:00I agree that it is no literary work of art. She i...I agree that it is no literary work of art. She is redundant in her speech and is not particularly original in her characters. I also agree that they are undermining and derogatory. And Christian Grey annoyed the snot out of me. I told my husband early in the book that the sex scenes better be amazing to make up for Grey's exceedingly frustrating personality. <br /><br />I too love a book that gets people reading instead of sitting, but this just was not the series for me.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886626878002819010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925288990167100425.post-28186678851462438152012-06-29T13:46:42.721-06:002012-06-29T13:46:42.721-06:00I'm so torn by these books. On the one hand, I...I'm so torn by these books. On the one hand, I hated them (I thought they were poorly written and I was about as far from smitten with Mr Grey as it's possible to be). On the other hand, I'm usually all for books that get everyone talking, get people interested in reading, especially when they're not normally interested in books at all.<br /><br />Of course, my dislike was just a personal preference (and as a woman, I thought it was undermining and derogatory). I'm so sorry that you were personally affected in a very negative way by these books.<br /><br />xCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03035560366555484918noreply@blogger.com