I largely ignore award season, because it’s mostly popularity contests. There’s nothing wrong with being popular, but winning often depends more on the author’s social network than literary merit. (And even when there are governing bodies, we can see all kinds of problems, like what’s gone on with the Hugos.) Yeah, yeah, they’re nice to look at. (Anna Shvets / Pexels.com) We also run...
I’ve argued before that omegaverse tends to play fast and loose with our notions of gender. Mpreg, generally, does the same thing. One of the curiousities of the genre is that characters who can get pregnant maintain a cisgender identity. Because sex and gender is always so very clear cut. That can cause some consternation when it comes to terminology—particularly when Baby arrives. Should we...
For International Women’s Day in the past, I’ve looked at topics like “what makes a woman” and other such topics. This year, I wanted to return to a topic I’ve written about before: mpreg and transphobia. Specifically, though, I wanted to look at how transmisogyny plays out in our mpreg stories. What Is Transmisogyny? Transmisogyny is the intersection between transphobia and misogyny. Transphobia...
There are a ton of people writing mpreg out there these days, and I’d say we’re somewhat spoiled with how many new titles appear from month to month now. What can be difficult, though, is keeping track of all the new releases. I know I often don’t know about a book until it’s been out for months and months. Often, I just happen to be scrolling social media and someone posts about the book. It...
One of the staples in omegaverse worldbuilding is the use of the alpha-beta-omega system. Generally speaking, this is used to explain “gender” or “secondary sex.” (Manfred Neumair / Pexels.com) What that means is people are still men or women—or occasionally nonbinary. Yet they are also alpha or beta or omega. “Male” and “female” are often still in play as well. The alpha/beta/omega designations...
There are times when mpreg seems like a pretty modern trope. After all, it’s only be recently that we’ve been able to do things like in vitro fertilization. With advancements in science, medicine, and technology, the “impossible” suddenly becomes the realm of potential. After all, if we can transplant lungs and hearts, why not a uterus into a cis male?It might surprise you to learn that human...
On September 19, 2023, fated love is a nightmare, not a dream come true. Get a sneak peek at RARE FLOWER, a dark m/m fantasy romance.
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A lot of people do not "get" mpreg, which is fine. But it does bear further exploration: why IS mpreg a thing?
When people first encounter the trope, a lot of them have one question: how does mpreg work anyway? This post goes over the myriad methods.
