Amazon removes sales rank numbers from lesbian and gay writing
The internet is abuzz with the rumour that amazon has removed the sales rank numbers from lesbian and gay literature.
According to some commentators the online retailer believes the books are 'adult' and as such should be excluded from some searches.
In any case a quick check by Technobabble found that books including The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us, Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex, and Lesbian Sex 101: 101 Lovemaking Positions, all did not have a sales number.
You understand the above was all done in research - oh heck, that'll show up on my amazon homepage now...
Anyway...in the interests of fairness...Yes, even straight down the line help books such as Walking with Gay Friends: A Journey of Informed Compassion, which describes itself as "A vital resource to enable Christians to support fellow believers who struggle with their sexuality in their choice of a biblical lifestyle." haven't got a number.
However it's also worth pointing out that items such as "Grow A Sex Toy" which promises to 'grow' to 600% of its size in water', and helpfully points out: 'You dont need a man!!' is ranked 21,765 in Kitchen & Home.
And for our Welsh readers there's always Dolly The Sexy Inflatable Sheep, 'Genetically modified for your pleasure, ewe'll never want another partner!', 'she's the plastic pal who's fun to be with', and, amazingly (for a purient website such as amazon): 'Oh, and they push back harder on the edge of a cliff.' (might decide to delete the last one) Ranked an astonishing 717 in Garden & Outdoors.
Anyway, off to do lots more amazon searches before the wife gets on the computer...
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Ben Hurst
Unfortunately as in this and many other web articles on this subject, they fail to point out that it was not just Gay & Lesbian books which lost their sales rankings.
As such the furour that eminated from this "computer glitch" as Amazon.com put it, was really just a hyped up attempt by a group of people still trying to push their life style and views onto a group of people who either don't care, don't want to know, or are fed up with their antics and headline grabbing attempts at trying to stay relevant in a world where 1. things do change quickly but attitudes don't generally, 2. People are getting fed up with the amount of publicity anything homosexual related gets, 3. Only homosexual people have a coming out party, whereas I think hetro's should also have a "look i'm straight" party, just because it would be fun and shows how rediculous this whole gay and lesbian thing has gotten.
That's my little rant for now.
What a strange thing for amazon to do - your blog made me laugh though - research my #### ;)