When everyone demands authenticity in fiction, we fall all over ourselves to "prove" our identities. Maybe we're asking the wrong questions.
Can We Ever Get Identity “Right”?
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Is Polyamory Queer?
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Is polyamory really queer? I think we should probably consider it to be queer praxis, at least in some sense.
Why Romance Novels Are the Latest Target of Book Bans
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Nora Roberts is apparently too spicy for people -- and we need to be worried about that. Book bans are coming for romance novels -- even clean ones.
Bioessentialism in Omegaverse
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Art is always political, which means even tropes like omegaverse take on political bents. We should be wary of bioessentialism in omegaverse.
Why “Level-Up” Romance Sucks
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Does an HEA always have to mean marriage and kids? Probably not, which is just one of the reasons the level-up romance is a problem.
Happy Ever After: BIPOC and Queer Characters in Historical Romance
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Some people say they have a hard time believing queer or BIPOC characters could get to the HEA required in historical romance. That's silly.
Why I Can’t Read (Most) M/F Romance Anymore
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I've been having a hard time reading m/f romance lately. While there are some good ones out there, there are a few reasons I'm struggling.
Call Him Mr. Mom: How Should Parental Names Be Handled in Omegaverse and Mpreg?
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What should children call their omega parent in omegaverse stories? There were quite a few different answers.
Omegaverse and Consent
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Consent is curiously absent from a lot of romance novels. But a/b/o stories tend to play with this in a more intentional way. A lot of stories featuring a/b/o dynamics feature dubious consent—but does it have to be that way?
Body Horror: Debunking Pregnancy Myths in Glitterati Omega
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Western culture likes to depict pregnancy as some blissful experience. For a lot of people, it's a risky--even life-threatening--experience.
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