thesavagesalad:

and another thing to add btw regarding to 50 shades of grey

sure have the jokes and what not but pls don’t make it out that the poorly written sex scenes are what’s wrong with the books

i can deal with badly written sex scenes

the problem with these books is that

• there is an abusive relationship going on here which is constantly romanticised
• the leading lady, Anastasia is constantly subjected to having her independence, space and personal freedoms compromised by a guy who has literally forced is way in to all of her personal matters and relationships
• the same fucker who fucking yelled at her for seeing her mother
• the same guy who actually lead to the emotional and mental break down of his previous partner because of his bullshit manipulative behaviour
• the writer of this series is ableist as fuck and uses mental illness as a reason for the why one of the “bad characters” ( said ex who had a mental breakdown) is evil
• i repeat, equating having a mental illness/ mental breakdown/ suicidal behaviour to demonstrate how bad a character is
• like this shit is beyond fucked up
• also, it’s incredibly irresponsible in its depiction of BDSM relationships- because where a good BDSM relationship to work, there has to be a fuck tonne load of consent and understanding
• which the relationship in this book is utterly deprived of
• also having ben-wa balls up your vagina for a near 3 hours is the worst thing you can do to a partner what the fuck EL James
• also let us not forget about the racism and the fucked up stereotypes of gay folk
• the list goes on here btw in terms of the internalised misogyny, the shaming of sex workers, the poor depictions of trauma and abuse and yeah it goes on

So yes, have the jokes and all, but there is some real problematic bullshit going in these books that really requires a load of calling out for.

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