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We’re talking about romance in episode 26, including Gail Carriger’s Soulless and Outlander! How are romance and feminism related? Why is romance appealing to so many people? Does romance offer good representation of people of different genders and races? How can we diversify our reading habits? Also, dingledongs.
Warning: this episode is explicit! Romance often carries explicit themes along with it, so we didn’t censor our language and made full use of the freedom to swear. There’s also a short and vague discussion of sexual violence in Outlander.
What Missy’s Been Up To:
Playing:
- We Know The Devil
Reading:
- The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Robert Hack
- Jughead by Chip Zdarsky and Erica Henderson
Watching:
- The Legend of Korra Season 4
What Merri’s Been Up To:
Watching:
- Jurassic World
- Star Wars: Rebels
- Scream Queens
Some Links You Might Find Interesting:
- Inganah on Tumblr
- Most American Adults Read Books but Not Literature by Katy Waldman
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk, “We Should All Be Feminists”
- Beyond Bodice-Rippers: How Romance Novels Came to Embrace Feminism by Jessica Luther
- Men, stop lecturing women about reading romance novels by Alyssa Rosenberg
- Rebekah Weatherspoon Storify on Diverse Romance