white, male, straight, & economic privilege left him a deeply damaged individual
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:41 (eleven years ago) link
I flipped to one scene in an airport bookstore out of idle curiosity and iirc it was a graphic description of him forcibly putting his wang into her pooper*
*ftr that may not have been what it actually was but now that I've typed that, I'm not deleting it
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
He put the wang in the pooper and drank it all up.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
(sorry)
no you aren't!
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/fff0e18e796786245cb133b316809c7a/592373.jpg
― remy bean, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
This tumblr is funny, it has some choice quotes from the books.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
Remy, I'm a little shocked that your co-workers are talking about this stuff at lunch!
Yeah, dude! Don't y'all have an HR department or somethin'?
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
The most egregious thing about this book's existence is that you know a slew of hack "writers" are gonna try to piggyback on the same idea (either via a million new S&M books or via writing barely-veiled fanfic of popular books and figuring out a way to successfully self-promote), a la the glut of post-Sense And Sensibility And Zombies trash.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
meanwhile Jacqueline Carey is sitting at home going, "seriously, fuck all of you"
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:01 (eleven years ago) link
i wonder who she's sitting on these days?
― remy bean, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
Don Cheeseley and Brionie Grainchurch are gonna get it seventy ways from Sunday in Larry Cotter and the Chamber of Inserts.
double lol
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
I read this great thing from Erica Jong about it:here is the link
“Argh,” she says, losing her virginity. This from a virginal contemporary college student, whose hymen is penetrated? The penetrator is one of the “Masters of the Universe” and he dresses in grey. And is named Christopher Grey, has gray eyes, wears gray ties, gray suits and speaks in clichés from badly-written romance novels (which are actually improving).
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
maybe she's a pirate?
― remy bean, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
“Argh,” she says, losing her virginity.
this is hilarious
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
I am interested in ebb and flow of the nation's interest in lite porny novels, though. It really seems to erupt at the strangest times.
Fear of Flying was a long time ago (that was definitely not a romance novel)
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
I love that she says "argh" like she's Cathy.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
"Ack!" she says, losing her virginity as she crams chocolates into her mouth.
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
dying here
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
That's the kind of sound you make when you lose your keys down a storm drain, maybe, but not your virginity.
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
bleurgh!
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
Man, that would be some serious perversion, making your little virginal slave say, "Ack", when you're devirginizing her.
― Love Max Ophüls of us all (Michael White), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
ACK! My hymen!
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
"Kloont!" she said, losing her virginity.
-- Don Martin's 50 Shades of Grey
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
what is the approved onomatopoeia utterance for losing one's virginity?
"Oomf?" "Guh?" "Owwie owwie owwie?" "Fuck you, you actual fucking clown." < blink > "POP!" < / blink>
― remy bean, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
Heavens! My virginity ;-)
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
Dr. Seuss's The 500 Shades of Bartholomew Greyins
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, Erica Jong was mostly pissed about the gravy train/Hollywood adaptation aspect of the brouhaha around this book.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
And its failure to be a proper "book of one hand"
A very cynical part of me says this is a calculated 'make' book in the way of Twilight, Julie and Julia, that David Benioff book about Soviet cannibals, the Dragon Tattoo, Hunger Games, Wimpy Kid, etc.
― remy bean, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
... this a book for pooping? or does that phrase mean something else?
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
Think again.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/i/partypictures/05_16_12/erica/fiftyshades.jpg
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
Everybody Arghs
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
'make' = deliberately manufactured as a hit i.e. printed in huge runs on cheap paper and distributed in major lots w/ blitz/word-of-mouth advertising/in spite of reviews/tons. best comparison is, like, a blockbuster movie's PR campagin.
― remy bean, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
airport books?
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Isn't there already enough anal probing going on with airport security?
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
TSA workers wear harlequin masks and grey contacts, it's a whole new experience
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
Wait - it's not even a one handed read? That was the only reason I thought for a nanosecond about reading it. Dammit.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
http://perezhilton.com/2012-05-22-50-shades-of-grey-read-by-gilbert-gottfried
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
i have doubts this will be made into a movie, idk, i think maybe hollywood can handle some light B&D, but maybe not S&M (or poopers & wangs)
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
“I finished the series three weeks ago. I miss Christian Grey. I miss him so much,” said attendee Mabel, who donned a silver tie, a nod to the front cover of “Fifty Shades of Grey.”
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
E.L. James’s New York City book tour stop for her hot bestseller, “Fifty Shades of Grey” felt more like a Justin Bieber concert for an older group of women than a book signing. But when you keep in mind the author’s claim that the novel “brings women together,” the energetic atmosphere is to be expected.The British author tried to explain the mass appeal of her series, which follows the multifaceted relationship between a recent college graduate named Anastasia Steele and a wealthy CEO with a flair for kinky sex, Christian Grey, to sexologist Dr. Logan Levkoff in front of a packed, hooting and hollering audience of about 200 at Barnes and Noble Union Square on Thursday evening.“I don’t get [the books' popularity] at all,” said James. “I wrote this little love story…But it brings women together. I think that’s it.”
The British author tried to explain the mass appeal of her series, which follows the multifaceted relationship between a recent college graduate named Anastasia Steele and a wealthy CEO with a flair for kinky sex, Christian Grey, to sexologist Dr. Logan Levkoff in front of a packed, hooting and hollering audience of about 200 at Barnes and Noble Union Square on Thursday evening.
“I don’t get [the books' popularity] at all,” said James. “I wrote this little love story…But it brings women together. I think that’s it.”
http://www.thejanedough.com/el-james-fifty-shades-of-grey/
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
James has said before that she wrote her books during her morning commute to work on the train, which begs the question: How can someone pen intense sexual experiences on public transit, which is just about the unsexiest place imaginable? James laughed at the question posed by Dr. Levkoff and said she got carried away in her own world of writing by listening to music.“[I would sometimes] get lost in writing and miss my stop,” she said, adding she had a “Let’s Write Some Sex” playlist she’d turn on.Though “Fifty Shades of Grey” has some very dirty sex scenes, James assured the crowd she’s a “dull and boring” person who’s looking forward to “four weeks of sleep” and time to redo her kitchen after the tour.
“[I would sometimes] get lost in writing and miss my stop,” she said, adding she had a “Let’s Write Some Sex” playlist she’d turn on.
Though “Fifty Shades of Grey” has some very dirty sex scenes, James assured the crowd she’s a “dull and boring” person who’s looking forward to “four weeks of sleep” and time to redo her kitchen after the tour.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
e. l. james, what's on YOUR ipod??
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
You guys I don't think we published this, this is not my fault, put down those baseball bats, please.
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
OK. So this isn't about the Monkees's song *backs out quietly*
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
can we start a "Donald Glover as Christian Grey" tumblr
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
― game of crones (La Lechera), Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:40 AM (2 minutes ago)
airport books exactly, but 'made' books tend not to be serialized or from established authors. IOW it's a way for publishers to maximise profits: take a small book by a no-name (or INTERNET FAMOUS) author writing an acknowledged genre w/ niche (and usually female, preferably young and uncritical) fanbase and print copies on the cheapo and bind w/ glue, flood book blogs/internet retailers/bookstores with promotional materials, get people talking about the book and then dump 100 copies in every b&m store at a v. reduced price. profit.
― remy bean, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
excited about the revival of the EROTIC THRILLER genre
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
This lacks thrills though right?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link
its just an EROTIC
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 February 2015 17:37 (nine years ago) link
I'm sure people find it thrilling in exactly the same way Wild Orchid was thrilling
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 17:39 (nine years ago) link
I remember my parents going to see Wild Orchid. A year or so later, when it hit cable, I snuck downstairs late at night to watch some of it and was pretty much like "so, this is what adults find hot?!"
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 17 February 2015 17:57 (nine years ago) link
Thanks to winning a VCR circa 84/85 at a fundraiser raffle, my father treated the entire family to some uncomfortable family movie nights with movies like Body Heat and 9 1/2 Weeks. My takeaway was that my dad is super shameless and a total hero.
― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Tuesday, 17 February 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
Way to go dad
― Minaj moron (Re-Make/Re-Model), Tuesday, 17 February 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
So, basically, this movie is book one, and there will doubtless be three eventually.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 19:29 (nine years ago) link
Ok, I have now read more of this thread.
Basically, Stevie D's review is otm.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
they're going to break the third book out in to three separate movies though
― gr8080, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 12:27 (nine years ago) link
The desolation of SM
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 13:03 (nine years ago) link
applause
― oochie wally (clean version) (sic), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 13:04 (nine years ago) link
50 Shades of Armond: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/413741/50-shades-dull-armond-white
Enterprises such as 50 Shades of Grey and Gone Girl, designed to exploit modern moral confusion, also mean to rationalize political disorientation. Anastasia and Grey’s sadomasochistic love/hate symbolizes contemporary bewilderment regarding capitalist politics. Rich, empowered men like Grey are shown to lead and seduce us, while a new consumerist myth (replacing rugged individualism) suggests that our naïve affection — the opposite of buyer’s remorse — can redeem them, just as Bill Clinton has been redeemed and sanctioned by the mainstream media.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 February 2015 22:26 (nine years ago) link
I think he is getting at something but not getting all the way there
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Friday, 20 February 2015 22:38 (nine years ago) link
armond white is quoting X and giving a big-up Eddie Murphy's Vampire In Brooklyn for the National Review
― da croupier, Friday, 20 February 2015 22:40 (nine years ago) link
So Jamie Dornan has quit the franchise?
― I am using your worlds, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 22:38 (nine years ago) link
I resubmit...
http://www.atlasshruggedmovie.com/css/01-382188340005332013/default/assets/dvd_boxset.jpg
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 01:28 (nine years ago) link
three covers with pictures of...bridges? and a clip art of atlas carrying the comfort inn logo.
― brosario nawson (m bison), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:07 (nine years ago) link
have I posted yet with the idea that knowing who her parents are, this is probably like the fifteenth most screwy enterprise Dakota Johnson has been a part of. we just don't know.
― mh, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:09 (nine years ago) link
Her mother lived with a pet lion in their house, who the hell knows.
― I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 03:50 (nine years ago) link
Funny name for a lion.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 07:46 (nine years ago) link
and then this happened. shocked that he didn't get one donation
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1839613945/fifty-shades-of-poop
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
shocked that you're the one telling ilx about a bad poop joke
― gr8080, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 22:17 (nine years ago) link
https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/arkansas-fan-gives-the-double-bird-during-game-against-cal1.gif
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 22:19 (nine years ago) link
can't lie, I flagged the poop joke post
― mh, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 00:47 (nine years ago) link
sam taylor-johnson is out:
I forged close and lasting relationships with the cast, producers and crew and most especially, with Dakota and Jamie. While I will not be returning to direct the sequels, I wish nothing but success to whosoever takes on the exciting challenges of films two and three.
'exciting challenges'
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 26 March 2015 15:14 (nine years ago) link
http://blog.eljamesauthor.com/?p=1173
should have been called 50 Grades of Steele obviously
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Thursday, 4 June 2015 01:55 (eight years ago) link
this might be my favorite ile thread title. always makes me chuckle
― da croupier, Thursday, 4 June 2015 02:08 (eight years ago) link
yet ANOTHER way 50 shades is ripping off twilight, stephenie meyer notoriously rewrote twilight from edward's perspective and then canned it after a rough draft leaked to the internet. legend had it that robert pattinson traded his copy for drugs, but that's probably apocryphal.
― the jackal-snouted problem man (reddening), Thursday, 4 June 2015 06:44 (eight years ago) link
You knew this was gonna happen...
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12278656_10153726563164889_3445818379510825209_n.jpg?oh=52f1d1ea414599a6202aa5cd42e58ba2&oe=56F94ACD
― Boz Scaggs was Adele back in 1976 (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 November 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt4667094/?ref_=m_nmfmd_act_1
― Professor Goodfeels (kingfish), Thursday, 19 November 2015 19:17 (eight years ago) link
do you get it, the tie is an erect penis
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 November 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
they've been showing this on hbo... this movie is hilarious, constant lols
― • (sleepingbag), Friday, 22 January 2016 02:38 (eight years ago) link
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/kim-basinger-fifty-shades-darker-1201689084/
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 January 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
butt room
― master of nuggets (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 December 2019 22:27 (four years ago) link
lmao she actually wrote the three Fifty Shades books again, from Christian's perspective? Jesus GOD, that's like the "Megahertz" episode of Weird Science (tv version).
also managed to get an actual non-50 shades book published: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mister
― Doop Snogg (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link
Jezebel reviewed it, lmao
https://jezebel.com/e-l-jamess-the-mister-fucks-a-duck-1834456299
― Doop Snogg (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 15:14 (one year ago) link
She has a new one about a Jewish mobster from Brooklyn who's addicted to sunglasses:
Fifty Shades Freed
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 16:43 (one year ago) link