6 times I wrote about Fifty Shades of Grey

With the entire entertainment world focused on the release of the Fifty Shades of Grey film (and confirmation that two more are in the works), I thought now would be a good time to look at what I've written about the phenomenon. I don't think I'm forgetting any but will update if I remember something else I've done on it. I've also been quoted more times than I've covered the topic. I haven't bought a ticket yet, and may still be able to find my way into a screening next week in New York, though I kind of want to see it amongst my people, that is, suburban New Jersey couples on Valentine's Day weekend dates. These are in chronological order, starting with the Long Island E.L. James luncheon that was my first piece for The New York Observer.

"E.L. James and Fifty Shades of Grey Come to the Suburbs: Long Island Ladies-Who-Lunch Lap Up Lusty Lit" for The New York Observer

"The “Fifty Shades” Parody Cookbook Is Actually Good" for Buzzfeed

"‘50 Shades of Grey’ Is the Subject of a Course at American University" for The Daily Beast

"How Rabid ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Fans Are Using Twitter to Fulfill Their Fantasies" for Nerve

"I tried the Fifty Shades of Grey app — it definitely didn't make me horny" for SheKnows

"Meet a sexier, smarter Dom than Christian Grey" for Philadelphia City Paper

2 new articles: "Sympathy for E.L. James" and "Wikipedia Thinks I'm a Lesbian..."

I have 2 new pieces up, my first for The Toast, "Sympathy for E.L. James," about the erotica community's response to the author of Fifty Shades of Grey.

I also wrote my first piece for the Boinkology sex and tech collection at Medium (if you like it, please click "Recommend" at the bottom), "Wikipedia Thinks I’m a Lesbian—And This Bisexual Is Okay With That".

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend! I'm cooking up more pieces for next week.

Fifty Shades of E L James and Katie Couric live tweeting!

Follow #50ShadesKatie where I'm in the front row live tweeting as @raquelita along with @marymac as Katie Couric interviews Fifty Shades of Grey author E L James on her new ABC show Katie!, airing today at 3 on ABC. People are here from Australia (Brisbane), Seattle, and Salt Lake City! Katie Couric is all over social media, find out more at katiecouric.com and coming later today, an article I wrote there about Fifty Shades. Here we go! And yes, I know you can see my bra in the second photo. Trying not to have a wardrobe malfunction.

Fifty Shades of Grey on Long Island

I went to Long Island yesterday and wrote about an $85 per person luncheon for Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James for The New York Observer. Check it out, and if you like it, spread the word please (it's my first piece for the Observer, the New York paper where Candace Bushnell once wrote her Sex and the City column). Thanks!

Here are some photos, and more are with the article...there were even cupcakes! I was wrapping up my piece when there was a commotion about the jeans on the couch being taken by someone. That cracked me up.: