Fan-fucking fiction at its finest. Today we are talking about 50 Shades of Gray, the instant cult obsession creating a huge literary fan base around the world. And even though it's been years (literally) since we've read the series, that doesn't matter. The prose aren't that great, but the sex scenes live on forever - how can they not? But we actually speak very little (well, kind of a little) about the sex, and mostly about how awkward it is to read romance novels in public places (primarily planes which = tight quarters). We do give full credit to James though because despite the terrible prose, she made the BDSM world much more accessible to all of us, and opened up this genre of romance for readers and other authors alike - BTW, Goop is hot on your tail. If Yoni eggs are your jam, stick one up the vajayjay, and let's talk about the following:
1. How James really did make it okay for anything to be okay between 2 consenting adults in the world-oh-sexy time.
2. How do you read romance novels in public, without everyone knowing it??
3. The fan fiction lead up from Twilight to 50 Shades, and does writing such an instant and global success cause you to never be able to write again? We see you, J.K. and The Casual Vacancy.
4. And Bonus, why the male and female perspective of the world will literally NEVER line up. Ever. Ask our husbands. Or don't, they might not get it.
Resources + Books Mentioned in Today's Episode:
50 Shades of Gray, EL James: https://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Trilogy-Darker-Freed/dp/034580404X
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer, Jonathon Howard https://www.amazon.com/Johannes-Cabal-Necromancer/dp/0767930762