Unlocking desire through smut; plus, the gospel of bell hooks

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🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're asking: do the fantasies we read in romance novels say anything about what we want in our real-life relationships? Devoted readers share how the genre has impacted their love lives. Host Brittany Luse also sits down with writer Rebekah Witherspoon to learn how she builds a world of desire.

Then, we talk to Dr. Gale E. Greenlee, teacher-scholar in residence at the bell hooks center in Berea Kentucky, about lasting impact of bell hooks' work, and how she changed the way we think about love.

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0:00.0	You're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.
0:06.3	I'm Brittany Luce.
0:08.1	And a heads up to listeners, and the first part of today's episode will be talking explicitly
0:13.0	about sex and kink.
0:16.5	Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!
0:18.5	Tonight, I'll probably split a heart-shaped pizza with my husband.
0:23.5	I'm not too big on Valentine's Day, but don't get it twisted.
0:27.9	I do love romance.
0:31.2	And not just for February.
0:32.9	I like to get swept away by passion 365 days out of the year.
0:39.6	And there are a lot of people who feel the same way.
0:44.3	I'm reading 100 romance books a year.
0:49.9	I read like six this week alone.
0:52.6	I might start something as late as 10 o'clock at night when I get in a bit.
0:56.1	And then at 3.30 in the morning, I'm like, okay, that was great.
0:59.9	And then I go to sleep.
1:01.9	That's how they get to them.
1:05.4	Today on the show, we are talking about romance novels.
1:09.4	And we want to know, do our wildest literary fantasies have any bearing on the romance we
1:15.4	want in our real lives?
1:17.8	Later on, we'll hear from one of my all-time favorite romance and erotic writers.
1:22.7	But first, we hear from the genres dedicated readers on what these fantasies unlocked.
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