Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey

Is Fifty Shades literature? Postfeminism? Or just the end of civilization as we know it?

tip of a rather large iceber

which was all well and good, but not the way she spoke in her head.

simultaneously” in fiction, she knew it had been edited up to New York Times standard

Some have wondered how a “classic” can be so “poorly written.” But I contend that it is not poorly written, but rather written in an everywoman’s voice, a necessary part of its success.

erotica reader and writer lens,

women love to read smut with a happy ending.

In Western culture, you will never see a story about a man being swept away by love, unless it’s a comedy or a cautionary tale.

one of those is the freedom to indulge in our erotic fantasies.

feminism is about having choices,