edgy

When you think about the period in which Agatha Christie's crime novels were written, they are actually quite edgy for the time.

It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic hack, and I can personally testify to how frustrated they are. Pol Pot left a very edgy photo collection behind. And Osama seems quite interested in video.

Edgy is fine - I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination - but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that.

Eddie Drake is sort of this loose cannon, funny, edgy guy, who has this really foolish, foolish mustache.

I write edgy, sexy teen romances, and that's what I'll continue to do.

So many Christmas films either are twee, or try and go super edgy, then stick on something Christmassy at the end of the movie.

Humor that is edgy is never squeaky clean.

I have an attitude. It's what I do. I'm edgy. I have an attitude.

Oh God Angel," he whispered. "There's only one monster here." ~Sade~

What used to be edgy (divorces) has become mainstream and what used to be mainstream (racism and sexism) has become shocking.

I am not sure if we are numbed to the reality of rape, but here's the sad irony. While the word rape can add an edginess to your language, talking about actual rape is taboo. I didn't know this until one of my friends was raped. Then I knew this, because I didn't want to tell anyone. If she were mugged, I would have told everyone and raged.