tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post8329864035280872185..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Race, Gender, BDSM, and Office PoliticsAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-86856340288289996662016-07-02T18:56:16.194-04:002016-07-02T18:56:16.194-04:00Heading out to my library to get Delusions of Gend...Heading out to my library to get Delusions of Gender. If they don't have it, I may get an e-copy, because I must read this book! Thanks for the recommendation. Since I've already read and reread Desmond Morris' books a lot, I'm ripe for something non-fiction and new. Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-36538267351915666222016-07-02T13:39:07.387-04:002016-07-02T13:39:07.387-04:00I do love the play on words with the title of Delu...I do love the play on words with the title of Delusions of Gender. Definitely must get that one.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-1273049852936916042016-07-02T13:24:45.163-04:002016-07-02T13:24:45.163-04:00I'm sorry for highjacking the thread, Annabeth...I'm sorry for highjacking the thread, Annabeth! All the books you've read recently sound intriguing. I might have read a review of Delusions of Gender (or at least a parallel book) in the Times Literary Supplement, to which I subscribe. Since my knowledge of biology is sketchy at best, I'm always interested in biologically-based approaches to social categories that we've all been taught to consider completely separate (gender-based, race-based and age-based categories, even "normal" vs. "abnormal").Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-20666450177157367422016-07-02T13:23:38.718-04:002016-07-02T13:23:38.718-04:00And mine in the same anthology is one of my relati...And mine in the same anthology is one of my relatively rare BDSM stories. Go figure.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-81953240550757430862016-07-02T12:58:00.794-04:002016-07-02T12:58:00.794-04:00Ha! Lisabet, I felt the same way when she accepted...Ha! Lisabet, I felt the same way when she accepted a story from me for the same volume. Mine was somewhat gritty (IMO), about a friends-to-lovers relationship, but no BDSM in it.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-91551292657928704342016-07-02T12:56:08.889-04:002016-07-02T12:56:08.889-04:00OMG, Lisabet. I'm sorry if that was a spoiler ...OMG, Lisabet. I'm sorry if that was a spoiler for you. There are endless hints about Chris Parker's ambiguous gender in The Marketplace, The Slave, The Trainer, etc. I'm not sure now where The Truth is revealed. :)Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-18897344500495770542016-07-02T06:05:43.210-04:002016-07-02T06:05:43.210-04:00Chris Parker is transgender? Is that revealed in t...Chris Parker is transgender? Is that revealed in the first book of the series? Did I somehow miss that???Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-32906151437994549342016-07-02T06:04:33.284-04:002016-07-02T06:04:33.284-04:00Another decadently rich post from you, Annabeth......Another decadently rich post from you, Annabeth... rich in ideas, insights and passions.<br /><br />Of all the books you mention, The Marketplace is the only one I've read, fairly recently (in the Circlet edition). It makes most BDSM novels seem trivial and shallow, doesn't it?<br /><br />I've never met Laura, but I'd love to. I was astonished when she accepted my very vanilla story for the edition of BLE she edited. Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-72058362607324637142016-07-02T02:27:13.773-04:002016-07-02T02:27:13.773-04:00I haven't read "The Inheritor," but ...I haven't read "The Inheritor," but I've read all the other Marketplace novels. What I like about them is the big view: the interaction of various characters of different genders, sexual orientations and shades of B, D, S and M. The series is amazing, and I remember describing it as a very adult version of the Harry Potter series years ago: all the characters are 3-dimenstional and changing, and there is a large, international community that is nonetheless invisible to the "muggles," who could cause trouble if they found out. IMO, there is no other series like this. My big, big problem with the original novels (published by Mystic Rose Press) was that they were riddled with grammatical mistakes and typos that have finally been edited out in the Circlet Press editions. Considering that precision and attention to detail are important in "Marketplace" training, I couldn't believe that Chris Parker (the transgender slave AND trainer), who seems to be the viewpoint character or invisible narrator, would express himself in a sloppy way. For me, the glitches damaged the illusion.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-67754508581766399822016-06-30T13:12:36.416-04:002016-06-30T13:12:36.416-04:00Delusions of Gender sounds like a must-read!
I kn...Delusions of Gender sounds like a must-read!<br /><br />I know and respect Laura Antoniou and her writing, and I've tried to get into a couple of her books, but I haven't been able to click with the characters. I supported her most recent book on Kickstarter or whichever outfit it was, so I have the e-book of The Inheritor (I think that's it) but I haven't got past a knee-jerk reaction of "Why are these people doing this?" I can actually get into, and occasionally write, Dominance/submission short stories, and I know some people quite well who are deeply into it, so maybe it's just a matter of needing to focus on one or two characters rather than a whole long book of them that's my problem. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-84443743764420686042016-06-30T10:01:03.516-04:002016-06-30T10:01:03.516-04:00:D I enjoyed writing that sentence, too! :D I enjoyed writing that sentence, too! Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-65701133573132168912016-06-30T08:48:32.939-04:002016-06-30T08:48:32.939-04:00This is the sort of book that makes me want to buy...<i>This is the sort of book that makes me want to buy extra copies and carry them around in my purse so that the next time I run into someone who wants to talk to me about how evolutionary psychology explains why women prefer to be “traditionally feminine” and do all the housework, I can just shove the book into their hands and make a quick escape.</i><br /><br />[Applauds]Jeremy Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980177431018869829noreply@blogger.com