Fifty Shades of Grey

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Fifty Shades of Grey Gets Second Year Boost with Theatrical Parodies, Workout Routines and Fan Trailers (Video)

Did you think the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomena would just fade away now that Girls is back on? Sorry, no, your mother would rather read about Christian Grey and imagine herself as Anastasia Steele than think about the awkward sex you might be having with a bisexual right now. (Even though, hey, remember when Bret Easton Ellis floated Lena Dunham’s name as a possible candidate for the heroine in his adaptation of the book, which will now never see the light of day?)

Now a new theatrical parody, Doubleday’s hardcover printing of the E.L. James trilogy and casting speculation on the upcoming film, 2013 looks like it just might be another great day for vanilla BDSM sex! Read More

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Random House Employees Get Some 50 Shades of Grey Money

Book publishing may not be in the best shape right now, but Random House employees have something to celebrate this holiday season. CEO Markus Dohle announced at last night’s company holiday  that all employees will get a $5,000 bonus, the Times reports.

“Random House had its corporate Christmas party last night in New York and word is that Santa likes bondage. A lot,” the paper of record wrote. “Call it 5,000 shades of green.” Read More

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Why You Should Never Search for Fifty Shades of Grey Listings on Etsy.com


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Sometimes even journalists run out of ideas. Instead of watching the world with one eye on the beat, we make a hypothesis, find three examples of it, and call it a trend story. That’s not what this is. This is a legitimate non-trend, and let’s hope to God it stays that way.

But sometimes you stumble upon something too disturbing not to share with the rest of the world. These available pieces of Fifty Shades of Grey-inspired ephemera found on Etsy.com are a few of those things. Read More

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TROJAN Attributes Vibrating Condom Growth to Fifty Shades of Grey

And in today’s business news, Church & Dwight, the company behind everything from Arm & Hammer to Nair to TROJAN condoms (if you buy all their products at once, you’re in for a fun night), held their Q2 Earnings conference call today. The news is optimistic, thanks to all those moms out there who are still trying to spice up their sex life with Vagina Ball Explosions (in the sex toy market): TROJAN can thank Fifty Shades of Grey for their market growth this quarter! Read More

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Fifty Shades of Grey Finds Social Producers

It’s official: E.L. James’ love story for the ages, Fifty Shades of Grey, is officially going forward, with the studios involved hiring two producers for the project. While that doesn’t guarantee a movie any time soon, it’s doubtful that Hollywood is just going to sit on this project and let it die a slow death on a backlot when there’s all those box office sales and merchandizing money to be made. Read More

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Fifty Shades of Grey: Coming to a Bodega Near You!

The New York City corner bodegas that dot every other corner of our fair metropolis are, as it stands, de facto sex shops. There, among the groceries, one can find beer (for courage), a wide selection of three-pack condoms (for birth control and protection from sexually transmitted diseases), sexual lubricants (for sexual lubrication), all stripes of “supplements” promising to enhance one’s sexual prowess (which suspiciously have yet to be banned by Chuck Schumer), cigarettes (post-coital smoking),feral cats (to scare unwanted sleepovers away), pornographic magazines (for people who…don’t have the internet?), and water (for hydration!).

Now, in keeping with the times, they are apparently adding one more item to the cornucopia of sexually-enabling wares they already offer:

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How to Have Sex Like They Have Sex in Fifty Shades of Grey: The Workshop!

Ah, yes: Fifty Shades of Grey, the porn-y erotic fiction book that has swept the nation, sending it into feverish bouts of…reading erotic fiction. If you haven’t heard of it by now, you either don’t take the subway enough, or don’t pay attention to what people on the subway are reading, or don’t have enough horny friends who also enjoy the occasional bestseller. Either way, it’s a sexy about sex between a college student and an international business magnate. And now you can act it out! It’s like those real-life games of Quiddich, but instead of playing magical soccer with brooms, people are having sex with whips. Read More