80s Ladies Romance

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We’ll be discussing this one over a couple of episodes. In part one, we talk about abortion, awkward first times, and bringing back mini-series. Raise your hand if you know who Phoebe Cates is, and that she's married to Kevin Kline. 

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Shanna, the generational divide in romance, how to support romance in this time of assault on civil rights, and why 18-year-old boys are not good book boyfriends.

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 Shifter romance emphasizes our primal instincts over the violence that mainstream entertainment prefers. Is shifter romance more about repression or revolution? 

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Pam’s all-time favorite romance novel that Monica really enjoyed too. This is the one with the infamous sex on the galloping horse scene. 

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A classic 90s historical romance. Topics include: marriages of convenience, emotionally stunted heroes, and “not like other girl” heroines. 

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The one where we decide over coffee that there aren't enough positive podcasts about old school romance. Monica and I introduce ourselves and have a conversational montage about sundry romance topics.
This one is supposed to sound like we recorded it on a boombox on cassette. 

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