#22762 Im super embarrassed so that is why i am asking on here.. I am looking for a 121 CHEM tutor.. i am really struggling. I tried smarty cats and their schedules don't match up with mine. Any help? I will pay you!!!

#22761 Twilight: Still a better story than 50 shades of grey....... Oh the irony. I laughed way too hard at this and I don't even feel bad.

#22771 With Fifty Shades of Grey being made into a movie, I've tried to raise awareness how this book is not about BDSM, but rather domestic and sexual abuse. Many women argue that the relationship in the book is BDSM, but that paints BDSM in a bad light.
BDSM is a community that believes in safety & comfort. Consent is always necessary, and partners take care of each other. After acts and roleplays, partners comfort each other to help transition out of that zone. FSOG does not include any of this. Mr. Grey gives Anastasia (a then-virgin) an ultimatum; to sign a contract or leave. She is sexually inexperienced (being a virgin) and he manipulates that to push her boundaries to make it seem like the sexually violent things he is doing to her are okay. There are instances where after an act, he is mad at her for being upset, but does not comfort her. He uses alcohol to sway her consent - this is by law rape. There is also an instance where she uses the safe word, yet he continues. That is consent being retracted, and Christian ignores the retraction of consent. That is sexual assault.
Those are not the only problematic instances. Anastasia begins to hide things in fear of Christian's anger. He becomes jealous and easily angered. Anastasia fears for her safety. Experts have even matched her behavior with that of abused women, in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's description of partner violence.
This book completely throws people who participate in BDSM completely under the bus by misrepresenting BDSM as a whole. Bad people do sneak into BDSM to find a way to escape persecution for their violent ways, but the majority of those in BDSM are not abusive, like this book would have you believe.
This book romanticizes and fetishizes abuse, and painting abuse in a 'sexy' and 'fun' light is really dangerous for women. 1 in 5 women will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime, that's why this book should not be defended. Making this behavior seem okay to accept from a man is dangerous, and people will be influenced to dabble in 'BDSM,' but not have an actual idea of what it is, and they will get hurt.
It is up to every individual what they read, never anyone else. The point of this post is to point out how FSOG is problematic, not to police anyone's reading habits. I know many women (and men) defend this book and don't understand how it can be seen as abuse, but it is. And I hope more awareness will be raised so this does not influence others.

#22760 I love you Emily Lombard.

#22759 Danica Jansma.... You are physical perfection.

#22758 Gotta love those 4AM fire alarms on our day off

#22757 So I have slowly come to terms with the fact that I have a bit of a crush on a kid in my Econ 101 class. The only problem is that I don't think he's into other guys. I haven't talked to him at all though, so I have no idea how I would go about beginning a conversation with him, much less asking if he's into dudes.

#22756 To the incredibly sexy blonde who was at the cat eye Cafe valentine's day morning...I wish I would've left my date and eaten with you. If only you weren't with those two dudes. Not sure if you were with either of them the way you looked at me, but damn you were easy on the eyes!