Area University to Offer 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Class in 2013
Undergraduate offering to be part of American Studies program at American University.
Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James' best selling trilogy, can be found on countless Kindles, Nooks and nightstands across the nation, and starting this spring, in American University's (AU) classrooms as well, states a story in the Eagle, AU's newspaper. The American Studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences at the university, located just across the Maryland boundary in Washington, will offer the undergraduate course. The course description promises to explore the "interplay of sexuality, health, public relations and marketing," describing the topics to be studied as including "feminism, addiction, social media marketing and sexual expression versus sexual repression." The course will be taught by Professor Stef Woods, who pens …
Craig
12:07 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013
Gasp! Whips and chains! Oh no! So barbaric (this is continuing from our enlightened posts on another Patch piece about banning spanking). We must ban whips and chains! And ban 50 Shades! In all seriousness though - I agree with you: pretty dumb idea for a class, regardless of who it's trying to appeal to. Still though, I'm just glad Americans are reading SOMETHING in this day and age. more ›