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Fifty Shades Read-and-Drink Along, Chapters 1 and 2
It’s a twofer! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt4_tDnwvZc&w=420&h=315] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7clMuheEJWw&w=420&h=315] And now I get to rest for a week or something because MY LIVER. OW.
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vlog: Katje does Granville Island
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG-9fsaE4HA&w=560&h=315] Not in that way, ya pervs. Planned vlog for next week: I read Fifty Shades of Grey and play the drinking game! Possibly with my bra on my head.
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The “Just Don’t Read it if You Don’t Like it” fallacy and other arguments that lack critical thinking
Literary criticism is a good thing. Let’s just get that out of the way right now. We need to be able to criticize literature. We need to be able to discuss fiction. We need the freedom to do that in various ways, including fanfic. We need to adjust our thinking to accept that you can…
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It’s Not the BDSM
[content warning: description of: domestic violence, abuse, using BDSM as an excuse for abuse, rape] Some of you may be aware that I have a deep and abiding loathing for the Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy. At first, I was just pissed off that it existed — it was plagiarized from another book series (that…
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EL James’ Fifty Shades of Grey shortlisted for UK’s National Book Award; world cries tears of blood
Trigger warning: Fifty Shades of Grey is the romanticization of an abusive, rapey fucknozzle named Christian Grey, and I’m ranting about this shit. I try to be fair. I try to leave room for people whose kink is not my kink, and that’s okay. I’m, overall, not a huge fan of erotic romance, and even…