Recommended Reading

• Is this 1984 romance scholarship the root of all the arguments I hate?
• yes, no, maybe so
• 6 Reasons Cartoon Covers Are Bad For Romance
• Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny
• romance discoursing
• Moralism Is Ruining Cultural Criticism
• Anne Rice Talks Erotica, Feminism, and 40 Years of INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
• PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: ANNE RICE

And almost anything by Remittance Girl, But here’s a few related to romance:

• The Problem of Careless Language & the Deconstruction of Rape Fantasies
• Word Abuse: Rape
• All The Sex I Didn’t Have: The Complexity of Consent
• In Defense of the Offensive
• Ask Better Questions
• Censorship, Banned Books and Writing Taboo