The Vindication of the Rights of Man in Romance Novels

Shelf Love: Romantic Love Stories in Pop Culture

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The Vindication of the Rights of Man in Romance Novels

Shelf Love

Dec 07, 2022

Are men in romance novels granted agency & subjectivity, and do readers have the same expectations for male consent as they do for female characters in M/F romance? Lynell from Weekend Reader has some thoughts on mutual consent in romance, especially as she’s binging dark mafia romance with kidnapping plots. What happens when your real life values conflict with your fantasy world values, and how do ideas about happily ever after change as our culture changes?

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Guest: Lynell from Weekend Reader

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Books Mentioned:

Sabbatical by Katrina Jackson
That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion At a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
The Spies That Love Her series: Her Only Valentine by Katrina Jackson
Toying with Temptation by AH Cunningham
Georgia Acadian series by Dria Anderson

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Shelf Love: Romantic Love Stories in Pop Culture

Shelf Love explores fictional stories of romantic love across media, time, and cultures. For the curious and open-minded who joyfully question as they consume pop culture. What's love got to do with it? Quite a bit!

From the page to the stage, on the screen or in the wrestling ring: Shelf Love invites experts to share their knowledge and love for diverse genres and how they help us explore romantic love, including romance novels, comic books, soap operas, romantic comedies, video games, oral stories, advertisements, and more, and introduces theory alongside applications and accessible explanations.

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