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For me and my partner, this one gets quoted on a weekly basis. It should get bonus points for improving my marriage.

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2 months

What are the load-bearing posts of our time? Obviously 'facing god and walking backwards into hell' and 'miette' are up there. Does Ed Balls still count? PS if you can parse this you should probably log off

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All the baby radfems want you to believe that reading dark romance puts women at risk but I counter that this fantasy is much more dangerous because the audience doesn’t always know they’re buying fiction.

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Bring out the AIDS quilt these children need to understand why we don’t have queer elders.

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Wake up babe new distracted boyfriend meme dropped. Monsterfucker edition.

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I'm crying 😂

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The pivot to disdain over the popularity of Romance is right on time.

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bridgerton is cocomelon for adult women (bright colors, pretty sounds, absolutely zero stakes)

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I just spent five minutes explaining this sticker to my partner because he didn’t understand it at all and suddenly there is a culture divide between us I didn’t even realize existed.

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Author Susan Meachen, back from the dead, with one of the most impressive gaslighting performances you’ll ever read.

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@remembrancermx I’ve been hushed at baby showers for speaking honestly about my pregnancy experiences and it makes me want to shake some folks. If you don’t want to “scare the new mum” consider: what is so frightening that you think we have to keep it from her?

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I got a solution. Shut the fuckers down.

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Who’s doing critical media analysis and recognizing that all the girls on TikTok who watch and defend cosplaying as a happy Stepford wife are being sold the same patriarchal bullshit that the teen boys are getting from Angry Podcaster Men and it all leads back to white supremacy.

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@oldenoughtosay I used to sit for a family who not only encouraged me to eat all their food but the mom would also insist we have a glass of Kahlúa together at the end of the night 😂

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@remembrancermx Next time they ask you for something, ignore them for a bit. When they get mad say sorry, you didn’t want to let them dominate the family.

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Just like pro-lifers and the unborn, fictional characters are a convenient group to advocate for. They never make any demands, they don’t need money, they can’t criticize you, and when they’re no longer useful, you can ignore them because they don’t exist.

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ppl who act like performative/"pure" consumption of media is just as good as real-life activism are just looking for a way to feel righteous without putting in the actual work. like they really wanna feel like they're a good person bc they root for the rebels in star wars lmao

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I was a kid in the 90s when I saw it in person and nothing has ever impacted me so irrevocably.

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The world truly hates women who enjoy reading romance.

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@Iron_Spike Was talking to two profs this past week who had students hand in essays they wrote using ChatGP. This is a leading comms/journalism school. Next year they’re going to do in-class writing assignments and include AI in their plagiarism disclaimers in the syllabi. Smdh.

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Wishing the Reagan’s another sunny day in hell 😎

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I do not want to read AI books. I do not want to look at AI art. I do not want to hear AI music. I do not want it in my feed and I will block it when I see folks promoting it. Are the businesses and investors listening? We don’t want your AI generated media.

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idk why people are trying to argue that sex isn’t part of the horror genre when they’re clearly scared of it

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@SkeletonCrimes Wearing that ring while baking is just disrespectful

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This is my villain origin story

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Found the worst take for February so we don’t need any more thanks.

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“Porn is as addictive as drugs.” “Porn should be illegal.” “People who make porn should be in jail.” This is what a lot of baby radfems and puriteens sound like and they are indistinguishable from Project 2025. Romance authors: they mean you too.

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This is literally on page 5 of Project 2025

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🎯

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it also shouldn’t be lost on anyone that there seems to be an influx of this sort of aspirational trad wife content at the same time the political influence of the far right continues to take its hold, at least in the U.S. and the girlies are eating it up.

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@TVsCarlKinsella Golf course never stood a chance.

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Wouldn’t it be cool if adults could pay for adult things and enjoy them in the privacy of their homes should not be an outrageous ask in 2024

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i wrote on p*treon about their new nsfw policy changes that are part of the larger continuum to ban online porn & ruminated on my own projects in light of it, and i might as well post this part of it on socials:

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Holly Black is not fucking around with this deck.

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The utter fucking gall

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@VABVOX @NTarnopolsky This guy?

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Cause women are tired and they see a man who brings a girl a plant and then fucks off as a pretty decent marriage situation.

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2 months

why do so many people want for Penelope to be stuck in a loveless marriage with a guy that will leave instantly for years long trip instead of her friend who adores and loves her and got on his knees to tell her he has feelings for her?

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@margaret_adelle Today’s agenda: gaslit, gatekeep, fake your death for inspo

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INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE IS NOT A CAPITAL R ROMANCE IT IS GOTHIC HORROR

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Pop culture's romances are rarely capital-R Romantic anymore. AMC's Anne Rice adaptation is the best kind of throwback

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So far pride month has been biphobia month, seriously y’all have issues.

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Awful? Aggressively blocked

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@afterpartyluver @weightyghosts0 Yeah but those covers were *awful* and there are plenty of romance readers who won’t buy a book with a rippling barechested dude clinching a swooning heroine in the cover. At least the illustrated ones we can read in public. Also? Teenagers have been reading romance forever.

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You should see the libraries in Gaza, you’re gonna be really upset.

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@IwriteOK Librarian here - I appreciate that the kids are taking a stand....but couldn't they do that somewhere else....and also not vandalize the library ?

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The trolls have arrived so I’m muting but Susan if you’re reading this: you’ll always be dead to me.

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@HttpLovecraft She’s attempting to twist events to paint herself as the victim and manipulate the folks in our community who were genuinely concerned that she killed herself by calling them bullies if they’re mad she defrauded them. It’s more than lying.

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It’s a great day to remind everyone that the potato famine was not a natural disaster but a product British rule just as the current famine in Gaza is a product of Israeli occupation.

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Balfour also earned the nickname "Bloody Balfour" for his brutal rule as colonial sec in Ireland from 1887-1891. According to him, "All the civilization in Ireland is the work of England." This drawing "Ireland wrestles with famine while Mr Balfour plays golf" sums up his rule.

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What a day on book twitter

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The only critical skills at issue here are the thematic misunderstandings in the marketing department because that special edition is a whole ass different genre of romance.

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a lot of people lack reading and critical thinking skills, this is not a new cover this is a special edition cover. if you do not want to have the special edition cover then do not buy the special edition cover the original cover has not changed at all

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There’s concerted effort by both men and women to keep the folks who go through childbirth in the dark about it as long as feasible bc if you knew the truth about what it does to your body fewer people would sign up. I’ve been shushed at baby showers for being honest about mine.

Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️

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okay but we can all admit that the lack of childbirth depictions in books is like, weird right

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@nameshiv I bookmarked this the first time I saw it because I knew it was going to become Lore.

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Romance novel heroines must have urethras of solid gold l because I’ve been reading these books for decades and I ain’t seen a single UTI.

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Don’t do this. It’s fucking gross. And it’s especially nasty to do to an author who abhors AI.

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My sister in Christ, you wrote an article about how to write sex and your examples were Fifty Shades of Grey, Pride and Prejudice, and Atonement. Be serious.

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If you like your romance covers pastel with pretty flowers, this is how it’s done.

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This is the type of author that is using AI in their work and harming everyone in KDP right now. Let me explain 🧵

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There were some authors hastily changing their covers last week and this week there have been some books taken down… it seems like perhaps KDP is not going to fuck around with AI.

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Yeah I support an age limit on here.

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A couple authors who are choosing to double down on AI generated art: their decision to continue using it for covers and promotion means I’ll never read anything they write. Block em.

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Read the full article here:

Not Dead Yet [UPDATE: Meachen Responds]

After it was announced on social media that romance author Susan Meachen had taken her own life two years ago, the literary community rallied to support her family. It turned out to be a massive lie.

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Jealousy is a hell of a drug. Who is the mole people now Freydis?

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So there’s a glitch happening at Amazon right now and if you look up a paperback you’ll see all the keywords the publishers use to make it searchable. The difference between traditional publishers and indie keywords is ~vast~

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@caranthirs But have you read romance novels written by folks who started on Ao3? Because that’s the good shit.

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Freydis really saw Cait Corrain & Lilly and said “amateurs.”

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So is Utah.

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AH had the opportunity to do the coolest thing for that special edition.

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@WindheartCogs Not the autistics catching strays while we try to improve our communication methods 🥲

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Bringing out my comrade Ursula for one last thought: you can glorify pain and suffering, but none of it signifies anything if you cannot also appreciate joy and happiness. Bridgerton has equal value to any other fantasy TV show. Not your cuppa? Then move along.

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Imagine working in the industry and being this out of touch with what is one of the most popular fantasy romance tropes for the last decade.

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Lol, lmao even.

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3 years

She just wants to bring you some good luck.

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You know one thing that has struck me as funny in retrospect: Freydis constantly harping on Ruby Dixon’s success. Ruby, who has at least 4 pen names, and yet has never pretended to be anyone but a sweet white woman who stays in her lane and writes books. Being decent is easy.

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It starts small but before you know it Spider-Man is banned from your region because there’s one panel showing a “support trans kids” poster.

Kana ◆ I'll explode

@kanatahiba

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I remember once Neil Gaiman said something (don't have the tumblr answer screenshot) that "if you and ppl start to censor fiction you don't like, eventually the it will get to things you like." You'll be bawling your eyes when it's too late.

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@homerusju I love to hear it. I think the book community does a pretty good job of promoting Pride, I myself made a thread of queer books, but I still think we could do more to bring attention to history 🏳️‍🌈

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TW: spiders For months I’ve watched an author who asked me to be on their ARC team chase after the success of husband and wife team Tiffany Roberts amazing Vrix series. For anyone who knows and loves scifi romance, it hasn’t been subtle.

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@VeryBadLlama Mist would be an encouraging sign that we still have water on the planet. Unless it’s like, The Mist.

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It’s the haters loss because these books are superb fantasy romcoms.

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@anaisisreading I literally just ordered the book out of spite because I’m so sick of this level of pretentiousness. 😭 God forbid anyone has fun with their own books by targeting a specific modern demographic.

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A strong statement from Fae Crate re: Freydis Moon. They will be offering refunds for anyone who purchased the Gideon Testaments special edition 🖤

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This right here.

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@docsquiddy

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here it is! 12,000 words on why using chatgpt and other ai writing tools makes you unhireable. here’s why

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Every week the goddess of Romancelandia rolls a four sided dice. “Romance doesn’t need a HEA” “Discrete covers only” “Audiobooks don’t count as reading” “Someone is an insufferable snob about genres.”

Tristan🇲🇽🇱🇧 Book Slanger

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This is like groundhog day except we’re forced to read the same sentiment from people who prefer dead racist yt women literature repeatedly until we die

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He didn’t know that the vampires in Twilight sparkle. What is it like to live without that knowledge.

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In honor of the return of Kresley Cole and her new release Munro, I worked with artist @qai_san to bring one of my favorite Lykae to life. I present the bestest good boy of the Lore, Garreth.

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Having too much fun looking at all the old SS of *that* server

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@dirtcup_art Dear men, what is preventing you from looking like this?

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Just threw my iPad down in frustration. Scrolling through Kindle Unlimited and seeing genAI covers promoted right up top makes me lose any desire to find something new to read.

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I don’t even go here but isn’t this take kinda tired by now?

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mermaid seamstress mermaid seamstress mermaid seamstress

Edwardian Era

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Carved shell and engraved gilt sewing kit lined with blue silk. Made in Paris, c. 1815-1820.

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@sighyam Third pic reveal took me out.

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Longer I think about it the more pissed I get because you know who gets hurt the most? Not Saint-Freydis-Jupiter-Bronx-Houston whoever the fuck it was in that trench coat… It’s the trans, queer and Latino communities who held them up as a beacon.

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So how do we help younger generations understand sex positivity and sex ed is good for everyone and protects children from abuse instead of arguing with all these little disciples of Phyllis Schlafly because most days it feels like this

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Now the hate comes from teenagers who think anything sex-adjacent is “porn addiction and problematic.” And that message is still coming from the religious right.

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Instead of talking about real issues in entertainment such as the rise of AI, union busting, corporate monopolies, and censorship, they would rather cosplay activism by screaming about the harm that fiction is doing to them.

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I love this sub 🥹

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@oldenoughtosay She would say, “you deserve it.” And she was not wrong 😅

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@AnneKalgesch Only folks who don’t read romance would say something as foolish as the stories lack stakes.

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The mailman said 🗣️ it’s Pacat Day

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Perfectly sums up so many of the horrible gatekeeping hot takes you see on BookTwt. “Telling people they read too much or too fast is rooted in white patriarchy.”

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Khell’s selfies always turn out best at magic hour. Commission by @Axelwarriorvs

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@MNateShyamalan I have learned not to mess with Gen Z. They grew up on a steady diet of memes, climate anxiety and active shooter drills. They might look young but inside they’re Patty and Selma.

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Hey @discord bad fucking decision.

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When I was young the hate came from the religious right and the company line was “women should be cooking and cleaning not reading fantasy bodice rippers! This will make their husbands feel inadequate!”

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As a fellow hag, I just love the covers of Johanna Lindsay, don’t you?

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Whether they’re crying “overconsumption” or “brainless smut” the fact remains Romance keeps the publishing industry afloat and proves decade after decade one thing remains true: Folks will keep reading it regardless of what you think.

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@Suntimes Alexa play Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine

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If you want to be upset about birth control and abortion rights, there is plenty of material for you to be mad about that is happening now in the real world. We don’t have to make up problems.