Tagged: romance

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August 28, 2020

Help!! I Need Someone!

Women are not men, and because women are not men, a straightforward reversal of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope doesn’t work.

Clare Briggs / Comics

April 21, 2020

How They Make Love on the Stage

Lottie the Poor Saleslady
Death Before Dishonor

Clare Briggs / Comics

April 18, 2020

Danny Dreamer’s Pretty Little Romance

Courtship, Part Two

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February 2, 2020

Pride and Prejudice: The Gropeless Romantic

Despite the seemingly dry subject matter, it’s super hot. Pride and Prejudice sizzles inasmuch as something first published in 1813 is allowed to sizzle.

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January 26, 2020

Fried Green Tomatoes and The Husband Problem

Since Valentine’s Day is looming on the horizon yet again, I decided to reread several of my fave romance novels just like I did last year. But this time, I’m reading literary books rather...

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January 18, 2020

The Happiest Sadist: Phèdre and Kushiel’s Dart

Fifty Shades of Grey was a terrible & dangerous book that normalized toxic attitudes about sex. Kushiel’s Dart was an interesting book on a similar topic that I liked.

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January 13, 2020

I Want to be Kissed by a Scoundrel

Heads up, dudes, YOU’RE the ones that can’t control yourselves, some of you. Why don’t you let me decide what I like and want for myself?

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January 10, 2020

Confessions of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl

How much more satisfying might a romance be if you could see yourself there, not just a faceless, shapeless, personality-less blob like Bella Swan?

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January 5, 2020

Romance Before Bros

This time I’m actually reading GOOD romances instead of trashy ones.It’s a lot of work, and do you know why I’m doing this? It’s because romance MATTERS.