CNN I have read “The Book.” Ok, I didn’t read the entire book, but I did do a hopscotch through the sex scenes and, on the basis of the naughty parts alone, I can understand why folks are getting hot and bothered. The book I’m referring to, of course, is …
USA Today Hey, have you heard about that book Fifty Shades of Grey? I’m kidding … of course you’ve heard of it. And, boy, is it causing some discussion. I’m sure most everyone reading this knows the history of Fifty Shades of Grey. Started out as Twilight fan fiction, struck …
FoxNews.com The hugely popular erotic novel “50 Shades of Grey” is quickly becoming universal water cooler conversation for women from all walks of life. Everyone from so-called “mommy bloggers” to hardcore feminists is hailing the tome as a triumph for women, in spite of the book’s strong themes of female …
CBS Women across the country are quietly turning the independently-published, novel “Fifty Shades of Grey” into the next publishing sensation – with a little help from social media. The novel by E.L. James is the first installment of an erotic trilogy about a woman named Anastasia Steele and her exploration …
Chicago Sun-Times D o you have a dog-eared copy of Fifty Shades of Grey by your bedside? If you are like thousands of other American women, you do. Fifty Shades of Grey is the first installment of a romantic trilogy penned by British author E.L. James. However, the book probably …
Techcrunch A development in the ongoing story about PayPal and requirements it made on e-book distributors to remove certain kinds of erotica from their catalogs: there are signs the eBay-owned company could be preparing to reverse its position as early as this week, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The …
The Gothamist Apparently bereft over the season end of Downton Abbey, American women have set their sights on an erotic British novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, about a naive college student’s seduction by a billionaire businessman and its accompanying graphic depictions of BDSM: “Uncoiling from the floor, rising lazily, like …
Reason.com It looks like U.S. District Judge Geoge H. King, who presided over the Ira Isaacs obscenity case in Los Angeles, may have been right to worry about jury nullification. “After less than three hours of deliberation” on Monday, AVN correspondent Mark Kernes reports, “one juror reportedly sent a note to Judge …
NY Daily News A former sex slave turned the tables on her tormentor in a Brooklyn court Monday, delivering a verbal lashing before a judge sentenced him to eight years in prison. “I walk around and carry the physical scars of the torture you put me through. The cigarette burns, …
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The case of an adult film producer charged with violating federal obscenity laws by selling movies depicting bestiality and extreme fetishes ended in a mistrial Tuesday. Jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict against Ira Isaacs, voting 10-2 in favor of a conviction …
