A billionaire romance novel that name drops Citizen’s United only comes along every so often. Carter Sherman, Senior reporter for VICE News, joins me to discuss Preferential Treatment by Heather Guerre. We talk about power exchange, heterosexual marriage as a transaction, and subverting the single script of the hegemonic BDSM billionaire romance to focus on the fantasy as care & safety as opposed to letting go of control.
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Discussed: Preferential Treatment by Heather Guerre
Other media mentioned:
Hard-Core Romance: Fifty Shades of Grey, Best-Sellers, and Society by Eva Illouz
Every New Year by Katrina Jackson
Private Eye by Katrina Jackson
The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian
Marriage: A History by Stephanie Coontz
You’re Wrong About Abortion Stories: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1112270/11515738-your-abortion-stories
Guest: Carter Sherman (she/her/hers)
Senior reporter for VICE News
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Findom, Care, and the Submissive Billionaire: Preferential Treatment by Heather Guerre