Am I the only one who sees a similarity between Donald Trump and E.L. James? He is the President of the USA and she is the author of the ’50 Shades of Grey’ trilogy. They’ve both found a niche market: Trump got 66 million votes in the election and James sold 150 million books. Many people in the mainstream and elite criticize them heavily, so heavily that you start to wonder how they hold their heads up and continue plowing forward. But, that’s exactly what they do; they pursue their goals proudly albeit as if they have blinders on. It’s entirely possible that they feed on criticism as much as praise, holding fast to the path towards vindication. And they receive enormous amounts of negative and positive attention. Trump and James bring out a lot of the same feelings as well: At any given moment, you don’t know if you…
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The Donald appears to be a Red-hot Lover through and through. You can see that he does what is right and true to him, no matter about the firestorm it causes. As a matter of fact, he almost looks like he revels in the angst, drama and chaos that fill his life and that of his country. What better way is there to get constant attention? Just think of his Muslim ban, the Mexican wall and saying the press is the enemy of the people. No matter what happens with any of this, he just keeps forging ahead, with blinders on. If he feels like a fool, it doesn’t show; we don’t see anything that looks like concern about the large portion of the population that scorns him. Of course, this is his appeal to his supporters: He carves out his own goals in his own reality and relentlessly pursues…
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Here is a Valentine’s Day book review of ‘The Six Passions of the Red-hot Lover.’ This is the link. He Said Books Or Me …I STILL THINK OF HIM FROM TIME TO TIME.
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Wendy Brown’s article was published on www.brazenwoman.com. Here is the link.
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Lisa Haselton interviewed Wendy Brown on ‘The Six Passions of the Red-hot Lover’ on February 3rd. Here’s the link.
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