Monday, April 16, 2012

"Mommy Porn" in Newsweek



The FIFTY SHADES OF GREY phenomenon hits the front cover of Newsweek this week and here's a glimpse and link of Katie Roiphe's article via The Daily Beast or click on the article in related articles, below.
Why have masses of women brought the book to the top of the New York Times bestseller list before it even hit the stores? Most likely it’s the happy convergence of the superficial transgression with comfortable archetypes, the blushing virgin and the whips. 
Sorry this is quick, a migraine prevented me from working on what I wanted to. My question is whether we can reduce this to the whole "virgin versus whore" idea?