50 shades of grey

I do sometimes wonder why the hell we ever bothered to instill an ounce of feminism in to our daughters. Self respect...equality at home and in the workplace... independence? What is the reaction 40 years later? A generation of bimbos who's main occupation is to post selfies on Facebook and read crap erotica. Whatever happened to the daughters/grandaughters of Greenham Common and and Dagenham ? My reading matter at 20 was Germaine Greer and Simone de Beauvoir..... today's generation don't even know who they are.

Tacky Marty? It's beyond tacky... it's sickeningly pathetic

Rant over!!!

I'm with you, absent Well said.

Me too absent. I also think it's the 'trendy' thing to do, to go and see this film. My DD said she definitely will be going and has read all the books along with many millions of other people of course. I sometimes wonder if it's me that's out of step. Than goodness for Gnetters!

And me!

And me. I did have a bit of a laugh today - my DH asked me what this film Fifty Shades of Grey was about. He does not keep up with the latest trends.

Well said absent. I wasn't going to go and I haven't had any good reports from those who have seen it and so have no intention of ever watching it.

We are off to see the second in the series of the Marigold Hotel which is much more to our liking.

May I long continue to 'be out of step' KatyK if that's the available alternative!

I don't think it's aimed at people of our age. I'd be very surprised if anyone expressed a burning desire to see the film, or indeed read the book (although that's been out for years) on this site!

.....or hesitate to confess maybe Ana! Only joking....

Well, yes, exactly!

I read one and a half books, it all became a bit boring. Not sure I'd want the servants to read it.

absentgrandma - my daughters are 28 and 30. The 30 year old was given the book by her mum inlay. mil was given it by a work colleague, both thought it and badly written at that. mil read a chapter, as did my daughter who gave it her sister, saying "it's awful". Youngest read a chapter and put it in the bin. Both are happy with their partners and not bimbo's! Neither are their pals, all of whom would run a mile from a controlling abusive man like the 'hero' in this book. So, all is well.

marelli you made me laugh out loud! Emmerdale indeed

Looking forward to watching the new Marigold hotel movie.

Thank God for that Iam64.Actually I don't think either of mine have read it but DD1 made me see red when a few years ago she went to one of her many work hen parties (and WTF is that all about??) and said part of the weekend would be going to a pole dancing lesson. I was incandescent( but I hid it well). One of her colleagues went to the weekend, but chose to give the pole dancing a miss and the rest of the 'hens' thought she was, in their words, a right poh- face'. She was actually Spanish, and I suspect she had too much regard for herself to do something as degrading as that. She went up in my estimation..... I'm afraid DD went down.

Apart from the lack of plot, and appalling ignorance of the basics of English grammar, I agree that the most undesirable aspect of the FSG books is the emphasis on the controlling behaviour of the male protagonist.

I must admit to a particular grudge... I've been trying to find a publisher for a novel set in the 2nd World War about the bravery of female SOE agents in France, and despite receiving praise for the story and the writing, publishers are loathe to take on a story that is not a romance, a fantasy, SciFi or erotica. Such, it would seem, is the way of the reading public today

I read the book so that I would know why people were talking about it, it was the most boring and badly written book I have ever read. I will not be going to the cinema to see the film, washing my wheelie bins would be more exciting

Absent have you thought of self publishing as a way of getting your written work on paper ? It is then up to you to try and self publicise, like my friend did. It was hard work but was far better than her book never seeing the light of day.

Sorry I have deviated a bit.

I have read the first book and about half of the second. Based on what I have read I think the film will be rubbish as there is very little story line except for extremely rich man into kinky sex seduces young woman and they have sex, sex and more sex. Sorry for the spoiler.

I don't know anyone in RL of any age who has read the book or seen the film. I don't need to read it to know that's it's worse than rubbish and dangerous rubbish at that.

Harrigran, sex in a wheelie bin, don't remember that in the book.

Not sure how anyone would know if anything was rubbish or "worse than rubbish" without even reading a few pages and as for it being "dangerous" .

I read the first and last book , but didn't find it erotic in the slightest. Can't see what the fuss is about. No interest in the film either. If I wanted to read a racy novel I'd go for a Jackie Collins.

I'm going to give myself a few more months of 'subbing' Nankate then I'll give self publishing a go. I'm not too much of a technophobe, but it could be an IT challenge too far

The review in the Telegraph said that the film was much better than might have been anticipated, given the dire prose of the book, and that the director, Sam Taylor-Wood, had taken no notice of the author's attempt to take over the film.

I read the book out of curiosity, but am not quite curious enough to see the film or read the sequels.

Or Sam Taylor-Johnson even