ah damn it and i was thinking “cornwall, cornwall, type cornwall” as i did it too Read more

The LA Times also notes that vet suicide has been a big focus for the Pentagon in recent years, so I think this study is probably an element of their digging deeper into the problem. Read more

I actually read their comments about the Duggars as very “uuuuhhhhhhh MOVING ON,” considering the extent to which they are pop cultural fellow travelers. Obviously I’d prefer something much less ambiguous, but I’m not sure I’d call it an out-and-out defense, either, which is interesting. Read more

BEGONE, YE GHOST OF EDMUND BURKE. Read more

I had no idea she’d stuck it out in France through basically the entire Revolution and also the Terror. What a fucking badass. Read more

One final image from Laura June:

actually I’m excited for her because I’m a 275-pound woman who grew up looking for literally any model for how to be fat without being either a comic or tragic figure, soooooo Read more

Well, I think if you’re looking for an experience on par with Austen, you’re going to be disappointed, because let’s face it—Jane Austens don’t come along that often. That’s a very high bar for popular entertainment! Read more

Your point about the clothes etc. is well taken, although personally I love that shit. Gimme a Sandra Brown from the 80s full of dated fashions and I’m happy as a clam. But I would push back on the idea that the heroine’s inner life is fluffy stuff, though! Read more

well, brooding and dominant is VERY different from forcible seduction. Read more

You know, the relationship of Jane Austen to the genre is really interesting, because a lot of modern historical romance is descended from Georgette Heyer, who of course was riffing on Austen. But for me, it doesn’t push the same buttons. I think you might actually enjoy contemporary romance more if you enjoy Austen,… Read more

Almack’s Hellfire Dungeon Nightmare Club: coming soon to a BDSM romance novel near you Read more

Sweet inspirational Amish romance is a whole thing, yep (not many bodices ripped because the idea is it’s a chaster taste, though) Read more

That’s the “forcible seduction” trope Natasha references and it mostly fell out of fashion 20 years ago. Romance has changed a lot even in the last decade. Read more

It is my firm belief that there is at least one romance novel for pretty much everybody. Read more

time to clock in at the ol’ skin farm Read more

look obviously this is ethically great but IT’S SKIN FARMING. skin farming! something can be both a positive development and unnerving at the same time. Read more

ALMOST made this joke in the post Read more

I cannot fucking WAIT for Poldark. Read more

read it on the plane, can confirm enjoyableness Read more