It's very much the response of a vanilla type who hasn't thought things through and doesn't really want to confront the kink, but it's honest. That's refreshing.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Interesting Analysis of Fifty Shades
A writer name Nathan Branford has written an interesting analysis of Fifty Shades of Grey. I liked it because it seemed honest. He clearly, actually read the book, came up with his own ideas about it. He correctly saw it as coming out of the romance novels' Byronic romance tradition, and that it's not as badly written as the lit-crit types keep complaining, but he kind of ignores/dances around the BDSM aspects of the novels. Like, he completely misses the fact that the readers just DIVED IN to the kinky aspects of the story.
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Hi Pat,
ReplyDeleteHave you seen this:
http://jennytrout.blogspot.fi/p/jen-reads-50-shades-of-grey.html
Abigail Barnette aka Jenny Trout has done a massively detailed critical review series on the whole Fifty Shades trilogy (see also her main blog). She's a kinky feminist (as I am), and I think she makes a very convincing case on why Christian and Ana's relationship is abusive outside of their sex and kink, and why the story represents kink very badly. There's also much griping on poor literary style etc., but her main point stands.
Regards,
Arctic Ape
(BTW, I'm a long-time fan of your kink blogs)
Thanks for the heads-up, I'll give her analysis a look. A tough analysis is always rewarding to read, whether you agree with it or not.
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