Madame Noire: Fifty Shades of WTF

For black lady site Madame Noire I finally broke down my opinions of a horrible book I was (thankfully) paid to read. That book was E.L. James' "Fifty Shades of Grey," better known as "Twilight fan fiction where Bella and Edward finally do it in unmentionable ways." Unfortunately, that concept was not as fun as it sounds. Like, for example, I'd probably love a fan-fiction erotica where my three favorite characters from the film X-Men: First Class (Charles, Mystic and Erik) finally "do it" in a really insane, super powered love triangle, but you just slightly change the names and powers because Marvel be suin', but if I wrote that it would be AWESOME. Which Fifty Shades is not. Oh, God, it is not. But I get why so many women are reading it anyway.

Psst ... the secret is the same reason why I and a whole bunch of other women saw "Magic Mike" last weekend. Womenz likes the "sex."

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The Snob Talks Having It All, Immigration, Fifty Shades of Horrible on NPR

Women! Can you have it all? (No.) Immigrants! Will you be racially profiled in Arizona? (Probably.) Book lovers! Is former Twilight fan fiction Fifty Shades of Grey terrible? (YES.) All this and more as The Snob pops in to the "Beauty Shop" segment on NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin. Michel was out today, so Viviana Hurtado (who I'm often on with on the Beauty Shop) was guest hosting. She was great! Joining myself and Viviana were PJ Media editor Bridget Johnson and Deepa Iyer of South Asian Americans Leading Together.

Check out the audio after the jump.

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The Snob Will Be On NPR's Tell Me More Today

I'm back ... on NPR's "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin this Wednesday. We'll be talking about the recent Supreme Court decision on Arizona's controversial anti-illegal immigration law, women "not" being able to have it all and that horrible Fifty Shades of Grey book that's oh-so-popular. I'll post the audio of the chatfest when it goes live later today online. Check your local NPR listings for Tell Me More.