First, I’d like to say thank you to Ridley and Meoskop for going along with this. You rock! When we started this party in the margins, I had more time to read, mostly because my life was kinda sorta in… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: February 2014
Links: Thursday, February 27th
Fashion in 14th century Mosul (Iraq): a new exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery All the Sporty Ladies: Female Athletes in Romance Novels – Does what it says on the tin. I’m all about athletic heroines. Give them to me. But… Read more »
The Last Wicked Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath
I’ve been off Lorraine Heath lately, but the amount of domestic violence in Moonstruck Madness made me inclined to examine how a modern Avon author addresses it. It was interesting how less in charge of her life Winnie is than… Read more »
Links: Tuesday, February 25th
Young People Swap Clothes With Grandparents And Parents A Rape Survivor on Writing “Non-Con” – Belleau writes a powerful meditation on being someone who’s experienced rape and writing non-con erotica. As someone who’s experienced sexual assault and reads non-con erotica,… Read more »
Dirty Laundry by Heidi Cullinan
One night on Twitter I asked people to let me know about books they knew dealt with disability and/or had PoC characters because it’s not easy to search for that on NetGalley or retailer sites. Heidi Cullinan tweeted me to… Read more »
Moonstruck Madness and Domestic Violence
I bang on a lot about the way domestic violence can be subtly normalized in the genre. Back in the day, the DV was more open and obvious than it is now. While rereading Moonstruck Madness I wondered if the… Read more »
Links: Saturday, February 22nd
It’s been that kind of week. Why Is Lesbian Romance So Unpopular When Compared to Gay or Straight Romance? – Author E.E. Ottoman takes on the popularity, or lack thereof, of f/f compared to m/m and I’m not sure I… Read more »
Moonstruck Madness by Laurie McBain
Laurie McBain is an author often underrepresented in casual histories of the genre. Moonstruck Madness did massive business. I decided to revisit Moonstruck Madness because it was the book I remembered the least. MM is a glorious train wreck of domestic violence… Read more »
Links: Thursday, February 20th
Women Cosplay as Male Characters from The Hobbit SBHM Feature: Sasha Devlin – Author Sasha Devlin talks about growing up as a black child in a largely white community and wanting romance novels she could see herself in. I WANTED… Read more »
Sharing Space (The Complete Series) by Nina Perez
As far as TBR Challenge books go, this is a pretty big failure. This month’s theme is to catch up on a series you were behind on. Not only was I not behind on this series, but I bought the… Read more »
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