Category Archives: relationships

Fifty shades of … Vanilla Cinderella

Posted on 4 April, 2015 by roughseasinthemed

It doesn’t matter how you look at it, but the Cinderella myth is going strong. For my purposes I’m doing the easy version, no Jung, Freud, nada. Poor girl meets rich prince, disaster intervenes but then they end up happily … Continue reading →

Posted in feminism, Longreads, love, relationships | Tagged BDSM, Branagh, Cinderella, fifty shades of grey, prince, princess | 91 Comments

A scary tale – keep your distance

Posted on 5 February, 2014 by roughseasinthemed

I read a disturbing blog yesterday. In fact I probably spent most of the morning reading it, and the nearly 300 comments on the first post. Ironically, I found it through a vegan blog, which I had found from another … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, feminism, relationships, thoughts, WPlongform | 60 Comments

Middle aged men

Posted on 4 January, 2014 by roughseasinthemed

Don’t you just love them? One of the good things about getting to middle age, ie anything over 40 as far as I am concerned, is that one no longer expects to have total idiots hitting on you. That’s not … Continue reading →