E.L. James, author of the erotic series of books “Fifty Shades of Grey”;, recently held a Twitter Q&A period that brought a lot of hate against her book.
The 52-year-old writer got blasted on her alleged homophobia, glorification of abuse, and writing style.
RELATED: “Grey’: New “Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Novel Released Today, Backlash Begins
The book was published in 2011, followed by a 2015 film starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan that brought in over $166 million.
Should we wait for you to ever write a good book or should we give up? #AskELJames
— Drifter. (@wandererandsea) June 30, 2015
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
#AskELJames never heard of the idea of a first date? candle lit dinner? flowers? Nicholas Sparks before?
— Lucas McGhee (@Lucas_jmcghee) June 30, 2015
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
#AskELJames Wanted to use this hashtag just to tell you that you’re writing is trash, has no value to society, and WILL be forgotten.
— Joshua (@JReeves2014) June 30, 2015
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
When our society already glorifies/normalizes abuse and given a choice, why write a story that further romanticizes abuse? #AskELJames
— L.C. Zawaultsky (@lczawaultsky) June 30, 2015
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
#AskELJames did u ignore your publisher’s safe word when he begged u to stop writing
— ya girl sarah c (@sarahcodutes) June 30, 2015
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
