The season premiere of Our America airs tonight on OWN. It is exploring real life 50 Shades of Grey. I saw a status message from OWN about it.
Lisa Ling says she went in with a judgmental hat on and had it changed. It does seem like she is strictly coming to this from a kinky point of view. The play and not those who live it day to day more like they going into a scene and playing and then stepping back to a vanilla life. Which is fine if that is someone wants to do it, but it is just one aspect of the BDSM umbrella.
From the status message: "No one judges in the world of BDSM, meaning there is nothing for which you could express desire that would make people balk. There is a kind of openness that I frankly, found very refreshing. Unlike the outside world where most of us have difficulty expressing things that excite us or are curious about, this is a world where one can be honest about just about anything. Openness and trust are key tenets of BDSM; things that one can’t always find in the outside world. "
It is nice that she got that view from the BDSM and for the most part I believe it to be true, but one look on FetLife groups and you can see their are very differing positions on how to live the lifestyle. It sounds like Lisa Ling came away with a positive look at the BDSM community which is nice since most don't seem to come away with such good outlook.
This video is the first 5 minutes of the episode....
There was a special on E! about the lifestyle that aired the same day. I think they will re air it. I heard that the E special was way better than the one on OWN.
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