Why are Women Devouring Fifty Shades of Grey?

[noamnety]

116. I don't know where you got the idea she's right wing.

She aligns herself with Marx and Chomsky, and everyone I know who's pushed her views is anti-corporate power, mostly self-proclaimed socialists. Very left wing, more left than most of DU and most democrats.

"The left has a long history of fighting capitalist ownership of the media. From Karl Marx to Antonio Gramsci to Noam Chomsky, leftist thinkers have understood the corporate media to be the propaganda machine for capitalist ideas and values. By mainstreaming the ideologies of the elite, corporate-controlled media shapes our identities as workers and consumers, selling an image of success and happiness tied to the consumption of products that generate enormous wealth for the elite class. Alternative views are at best marginalised and at worst ridiculed."

"Women's self-loathing is big business, and supports a global capitalist system that, ironically, depends heavily on the exploitation of women's labour in developing countries. Adding insult to injury, many of these underpaid women are spending a significant proportion of their wages on skin-whitening products that promise social mobility out of the sweatshops." Gail Dines and Julia Long

The religious right is not exactly known for their appreciation of feminist activists. (Although, come to think of it, neither are some people who consider themselves progressives.)