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Feb 082010

Here is some stuff I have been reading that I thought folks might like:

  • February 8th – Thoughts on the Misogyny Bowl in advertising (versus a truly uplifting game) – "The way for a man to regain his balls/spine, suggested the ad, was to get a Flo TV so that he could passively-aggressively watch his game while pointedly ignoring his wife on their outing while technically obeying her overbearing feminine demands he’s powerless to resist openly."
  • February 8th – Polydora – I saw a thing on a blog the other day saying that poly was becoming more main stream – I guess this is just one example.
  • February 4th – The real cost of Coke – Nothing like pointless markup. "They said: “if customers want smaller portions they ought to be willing to pay for them.” Oh."
  • February 3rd – Enough is Enough – a very mature PBTH! to you
  • February 3rd – “Playback.” – I don't watch this show, but I thought the commentary was really relevant for ANY of the reality dance shows, and I thought the dance clip was really good.
  • February 1st – Tank girl …You’re my only hope – This is one of the few "bad" movies that I really enjoy – I'll watch it any time it is on cable. Nice to see I am not the only one who loves it.

I am looking for a little advice – But first  – a story.

So last weekend an online fiction store was offering 50% discounts on their ebooks.

I have been experimenting with trying some of the less centralized sources for ebooks, and I thought the steep discount would be a good way to try out some stuff that I have no way of evaluating before I purchase. Some of the stories I purchased were “Erotic Lit”. I was reading through one, and by the time I was 18 pages in I was horrified. Not at the writing quality (although I have read fan-fiction written by teenagers that was better written), but at what the main romantic character(s) think and do.

I am going to take the rest of this below a cut, it will be a quick synopsis of the first bit I read, I am putting it below the cut for those of you who want to skip, or those who might find the content triggering (non-consensual sexual content).

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