‘Fifty Shades’ away from a conventional course

A step away from conventional topics — it’s how professor Stef Woods likes to teach.

A pop culture phenomenon that spurred conversation, sparked controversy and broke records in online sales is what influenced the American University (AU) adjunct professor to develop the syllabus for her newest spring semester course, “The 50 Shades Trilogy.”

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Der Gott der geilen Dinge

Nicholson Baker hat einen Porno-Roman geschrieben, angeblich das versauteste Buch aller Zeiten. Doch in Wirklichkeit ist "Haus der Löcher" lustig und letztlich politisch.

So viele Wörter für ein Stück Fleisch. Dingdong, Pollock, United Parcel, Malcolm Gladwell, Woody, langes Stück Geilheit, Mandingo, Moschusficker, Dickschwanz, massiger, pornokirrer Saftsprüher, wildgewordener Jacquard und langer Knochen, mmmf.

Nicholson Baker hat sicher sehr gelacht, als er sich diese Wörter ausdachte, so sehr, dass sein wuscheliger weißer Bart bebte. Er scheint überhaupt viel Spaß beim Schreiben seines neuen Romans "Haus der Löcher" gehabt zu haben, das ein lustiges, leichtes, helles Buch geworden ist über den angeblich so dunklen, verdrängten, schmutzigen Sex, der uns im 21. Jahrhundert, so heißt es ja stets, vor allem in der Form der Pornografie begegnet.

http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-83588405.html 

Fifty Shades of Grey Publishing House Rewards Staff with $5,000 Christmas Bonuses

Best corporate Christmas party ever? At Random House’s holiday soiree on Wednesday night, Markus Dohle, the chief executive of the publishing company, interrupted the evening’s festivities to announce that employees would be receiving $5,000 bonuses after an especially profitable year. The especially profitable year being a result, in large part, of earnings from E. L. James’s erotic best-seller, Fifty Shades of Grey. It is unclear whether Dohle, now one of the best bosses ever, also spent the evening personally refilling his employees' drinks and suggesting they take the next day off of work.

Per The New York Times, thousands of staffers, “from top editors to warehouse workers,” will receive the $5,000 bump in their next paycheck. Those ineligible for the bonus—who have worked at the company for less than a year—will receive a prorated check. In related news, the friends and family members of Random House employees would like to add a few items to their holiday gift lists this year.

The announcement was predictably met with minutes’ worth of cheering. Congratulations, Random House employees.

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2012/12/fifty-shades-of-grey-christmas-bonus-random-house-employees