Not so romantic now, eh? Ever, Jane: The Virtual World of Jane Austen – It’s a Kickstarter for an Austen regency MMO. It looks really neat, you guys. Ever, Jane is a virtual world that allows people to role-play in… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: October 2013
The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn
Is there such a thing as Eloisa James disease? If there is, Julia Quinn caught a bad case of it. I’m so frustrated by The Sum of All Kisses. We begin in such a fantastic place that I start to… Read more »
Links: Tuesday, October 29th
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 »
The Sinful Art of Revenge by Maya Blake
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 »
Some Thoughts on “Physically Disabled Protagonists”
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 »
Links: Saturday, October 26th
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 »
Links: Thursday, October 24th
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 »
The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin by Colette Moody
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 »
Links: Tuesday, October 22nd
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 »
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