Episode 262 · Film year 2002
Secretary (2002)
- Special Guests
- Judy Dodge Cummings, Claire Cavanah
- Guest Co-Host
- Rachel Kramer Bussel
Show notes
Adapted by Erin Cressida Wilson from a short story by Mary Gaitskill, Steven Shainberg's Secretary stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as a young woman from a dysfunctional family who goes to work for Mr. Grey (James Spader), a lawyer with a penchant for kink.
Erotica writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel joins Mike to discuss Secretary and 50 Shades of Grey. Interviews include the co-founder of Babeland, Claire Cavanah, and the author of Self-Injury: The Ultimate Teen Guide, Judy Dodge Cummings.
Erotica writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel joins Mike to discuss Secretary and 50 Shades of Grey. Interviews include the co-founder of Babeland, Claire Cavanah, and the author of Self-Injury: The Ultimate Teen Guide, Judy Dodge Cummings.
Labels: BDSM Erin Cressida Wilson Fräulein von B James Spader Maggie Gyllenhaal Rachel Kramer Bussel Stephen McHattie Steven Shainberg
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Music credits
- "Bleed Like Me" - Garbage
- "Vibrator" - Motorhead
- "Whatchamacallit" - Esquivel
- "Bathing Blossom" - Angelo Badalamenti
- "Spank My Booty (Reprise)" - Lords of Acid
Links & resources
- Buy Secretary on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Self-Injury: The Ultimate Teen Guide by Judy Dodge Cummings (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Secretary by Erin Cressida Wilson (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Bad Behavior (stories) by Mary Gaitskill (opens in a new tab)
- Be sure to LIKE Mary Gaitskill on Facebook (opens in a new tab)
- Visit the official Rachel Kramer Bussel website (opens in a new tab)
- Be sure to follow Rachel Kramer Bussel on Twitter (opens in a new tab)
- Get Rachel Kramer Bussel books on Audible.com (opens in a new tab)
- Visit the Babeland website (opens in a new tab)
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Comments (3)
Michael This is one my favorites from your podcasts!Michael PS: A great sex-positive and humanist discussion of Secretary, an interesting discussion about the history of Babeland, and a biting critique of 50 Shades of Grey - bravo!Anonymous Good show. So tired of women being portrayed on the screen in a degrading manner. Like that's going to change in our lifetime. How about something really far out-switching the roles around. 20+ years later -and a female president on the horizon-and there's still no sign of that coming. The female commentator's extreme vocal fry got wearying pretty darn fast.