Have a Sexy Little Halloween A DEFENSE OF FANTASY: CLASSICAL LITERATURE V. MODERN YA – Fantasy and happy endings have been under attack lately, I swear. Young adult fantasy author Erin Bow goes to bat for kids’ pleasure reading. Famous-ish… Read more »
I have a complicated relationship with Harlequin Presents. On the one hand, they’re a seductive fantasy, like a contemporary fairy tale. They take place in a world where wealth and privilege have made it so the only challenges left to… Read more »
This past Wednesday an author writing for the group blog Word Whores posted an essay on writing disabled characters that had me reaching for every NOPE gif I could find. Entitled “PHYSICALLY DISABLED PROTAGONIST” and running as part of a… Read more »
Take Back Halloween: Ching Shih – This site has “recipes” for Haloween costumes for women who want something more interesting than “Sexy __”. Ching Shih was a 19th century Chinese pirate. It’s Time To Say Good-Bye To TV’s Strong Black… Read more »
Reading fiction and identification with the other – Lohmann is a romance author and a librarian and I liked this post on “presentism” and empathizing with the other. One of the benefits of reading fiction is that it develops empathy… Read more »
I love a good swashbuckler story. They’re like westerns, only wet. It’s all dashing tales of derring-do where wrongs are set right and scrappy loudmouths make their fortunes and look good doing it. I love the action and the attitude… Read more »
A useful flowchart. What Is Sex? – I feel that romance’s elevation of PIV sex as the one true Sex is highly problematic. Not only does it otherize queer sex, but it’s fairly ableist as well. (Can’t get it up?… Read more »
Brenda Hampton’s Who Ya Wit’ 3 makes up the first half of Carl Weber Presents Full Figured Plus Size Divas 5. I have a lot to say about Who Ya Wit’ 3 so I’ll leave the second story of the… Read more »
It's been a very long 48 hours in Romanceland. Between Jack The Ripper / Skirt Flipper and That Book With The Lizard Lead my social media feeds have been hopping. On Monday night, after way too many Gorn vs Sleestak jokes… Read more »
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