Fifty Shades

Fifty Shades of Grey. WOW. I liked it but it is definitely NOT for everyone. Ana, the virgin, falls for Christian who happens to be an amazingly gorgeous billionaire that also has a HUGE kink fetish. I already knew what it was about but wanted to find out for myself. First of all, the style of writing caught me off guard. I've read plenty of first person point of view books but it's mostly as if someone is narrating. In Fifty Shades everything is I this, I that. Took a little getting used to. I can see why an author would do this though. It really helps the reader put themselves in the shoes of the main character. It sucks them in, so to speak. Also, even through all the kink I did enjoy the story line. Ana is inexperienced and insecure. She find herself in this world she never even knew exsisted and finds her "inner goddess" as she says. She's learning to come into her own. Then there's Christian who started off on the wrong side of the tracks then found himself with Ana, fighting this inner turmoil of emotions unfamiliar to him while battling his own demons. I spoke about this book with a friend and former teacher of mine and decided it really shows a major turning point in society.

Let me just say, NO, NOT ALL MEN ARE THE SAME.

Moving on, I cannot count the number of times throughout high school and into adulthood I've seen men sleeping with women left and right. I've known and seen so many jump from one woman's bed to another, one girlfriend to another like nothing. I've talked to many male friends that have admitted to watching porn on a regular basis or buying pornographic magazines or going to strip clubs and aren't ashamed and most people don't think anything of those actions. Now, let's turn the tables. What if woman did the same? She could be a mother, a teacher, a doctor, a lawyer. How would people react then? More often than not, if a woman admits to genuinely enjoying sex and sleeping around or doing the same things men do then she gets labeled. A slut. A whore. A tramp. Easy. How fair is that? It's not. It's sexist. This book Fifty Shades of Grey has caught the world by storm and has turned into an overnight sensation. Why?? Personally, I feel as if women (not all, some are perfectly fine with their sexuality) are "coming out of the closet" so to speak. I've spoken to many friends who felt after reading the book they can finally stand up and say, I'm a woman, I have wants, desires, and fantasies too and there's nothing wrong with that. As for the movie that's supposed to be made based off the Fifty Shades series, that should be interesting.



Now for me :) Tonight while atempting to make dinner my children attacked me. Isaac wanted a hug so I gave him one. He tried to dip me and give me a kiss but as soon as I got down to his level he and Camryn bombarded me, shoved me on the ground, yelled "Dogpile!" as they both jumped on me, then proceeded to tickle me. We all ended up in a ball on the floor screaming and laughing hysterically. It was heaven :) My life is chaos but its at times like that I know everything is right in the world because I have them.