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Romance Novel Redemption

Unladylike

Unladylike Media

Feminism, Gender, Media Analysis, Body Politics, Patriarchy, Intersectionality, Society & Culture, Cultural Commentary, Beauty Standards, Internet Culture, Womens Rights

4.83.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Romance is the most popular fiction genre, but it rarely gets the respect it deserves. Avid romance reader Nichole Perkins and best-selling queer romance author Casey McQuiston guide us through the relationships, tropes and happily-ever-afters that make romance novels worth falling for.

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0:00.0

Their skiff'd have ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike.

0:07.0

It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like, it was so, it was all wrapped up,

0:13.0

it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it and I was so

0:17.0

a guess. For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now so, for that one change really low.

0:24.0

Enjoy in every zip with red cups now back at Starbucks. Between forgetting the sellotape,

0:32.0

trying to squeeze eight people around a six-seater table and the cat taking down the tree again.

0:38.0

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1:01.0

So if you do like dragons but you want the dragon to be like secretly a man, you know, that's the curse but he's really wealthy and I don't know.

1:15.0

He also wants to make you his queen. Whatever it is that you want, it's out there.

1:20.0

So if you want to fuck a bear, you can find bear romances.

1:27.0

Whatever your little heart desires, it's in a romance somewhere.

1:31.0

Maybe like a lady, like a lady, like a lady, like a lady, like a lady, like a lady, like a lady, like a lady, like a lady.

1:48.0

Caroline, I got to confess something.

1:50.0

You're working on some fucking a bear fanfiction?

1:55.0

I told you not to mention that on the podcast, Caroline.

2:00.0

No, I am, that is not what I'm embarrassed about.

2:03.0

I am embarrassed to admit that I'm basically a romance novel virgin.

2:10.0

Well, why are you embarrassed?

2:12.0

Because statistically speaking, Caroline, I feel like I shouldn't be.

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