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Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

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What Is 50 Shades of Grey?

I was talking to an editor who didn't buy it He said that they had read it and it wasn't his thing And so he didn't buying it. His point was I don't think it's the greatest piece of literature in the world But it's resonated with 30 million people Right So what does it mean? Yeah, I think it means that we all have fantasies The teenage ideal of love as all-consuming Is sort of a fairly common fantasy That some people sort of carry with them but I think people are good at distinguishing between fantasy and reality. As access to the internet opened up in Eastern European societies Reported cases of sexual abuse and rape dropped precipitously In every case Do

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