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

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🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 37 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 revisits her conversation with writer Rebekah Weatherspoon about how she builds a world of desire.

Then, we revisit our talk with 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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1:08.9	Heads up to listeners, in the first part of today's episode, we'll be talking explicitly about sex and kink.
1:17.1	Happy Valentine's Day, everyone.
1:19.8	Tonight, I'll probably split a heart-shaped pizza with my husband.
1:24.6	I'm not too big on Valentine's Day, but don't get it twisted. I do love romance.
1:32.1	And not just for February. I like to get swept away by passion 365 days out of the year. And there
1:40.8	are a lot of people who feel the same way.
1:45.0	I'm reading 100 books, 100 romance books a year.
1:50.6	I read like six this week alone.
1:53.6	I might start something as late as 10 o'clock at night when I get in a bed.
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