Welcome to Curdled Ink podcast, one woman’s tirade against poor writing and problematic romance. Literary criticism from a queer, kinky, sex positive perspective, starting with 50 Shades of Grey. Posts every other Tuesday!
This chapter we get some more info about the gun Ana found in Christian's desk - so there's a lot of discussion of guns and gun safety this episode, heads up. A lot more than I anticipated ever bringing up in this series, tbh. Other than that, Christian has gone to New York on a business trip, and Ana is feeling....extremely codependent about it. Joy.
Content warnings: controlling behavior, a LOT of discussion of guns, gun rights, and gun safety, cop mention, brief discussion of death of a family member, domestic abuse, codependence, alcohol mention, deceitful behavior, poor communication, deliberate isolation of a partner.
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3 Sept 2026
Ep 59: 50 Shades Freed Chapter 8
Ana and Christian have a relatively wholesome (by their standards) time together, aside from their usual communication issues, and something Ana finds in Christian's desk drawer that will definitely be an issue later. So business as usual for the two of them really.
Content warnings: misogyny, patriarchy, jealousy, boundary crossing, poor communication, gun mention, abuse mention, financial manipulation..
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Stella's sw-related work: allmylinks.com/candikitten (https://allmylinks.com/candikitten)
Find this podcast elsewhere: allmylinks.com/thecurdledpod (https://allmylinks.com/thecurdledpod;)
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11 Jun 2026
Ep 58: 50 Shades Freed Chapter 7
Ana goes back to work for the first time after her honeymoon, and Christian is Not Happy about her exercising her autonomy now that they're married. But then, when has he ever been particularly happy about her being an entire separate human person with separate wants, needs, dreams, etc?
Content warnings: arson mention, sexual assault mention, jealousy, invasive questions, juvenile behavior, threats of violence, codependence, patriarchy, discussion of abuse tactics, toxic monogamy.
Stella's non-sw work: allmylinks.com/leighcartist (https://allmylinks.com/leighcartist)
Stella's sw-related work: allmylinks.com/candikitten (https://allmylinks.com/candikitten)
Find this podcast elsewhere: allmylinks.com/thecurdledpod (https://allmylinks.com/thecurdledpod;)
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