Pages and Prejudice

Show Notes:

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

Guest Host:

Hanna Phifer (@writtenbyhanna on instagram, thought daughter)

One time, my therapist told me to ask myself, “Do you know why you’re angry, or do you just think that you should be.” And I took that personally.

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• May I Ask for One Final Thing? by Soora Hoonoki and Nana Otori

• An Observation Log Of My Wife: A Self-Proclaimed Villainess by Hatsumi Natsume

• In the Doghouse

• The Dark Olympus series by Katee Robert

• The Brides of the Kylorr series by Zoey Draven 

• Whoever You Are Honey by Olivia Gatwood

• Luster by Raven Leilani

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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Hosted by:

• Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)

• Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)

Guest:

Sanj (@baskinsuns on twitter, instagram, and tiktok, scratch paper on substack)

Sanj (she/her) is a PhD student and bookish content creator living in New York. She studies health, sex, gender, intimacy, and bodies, sometimes in the real world and sometimes in romance novels, depending on her mood.

Shame ain’t worth as much as you think, let it go.

[The Wire]

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• The Hades x Persephone series by Scarlett St. Clair

• The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead 

• The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

• In the Doghouse by Jusang

• Cold Sweat by Vera Valentine

• Sovereign by Raya Morris Edwards 

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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If you'd like to skip the gynaecological talk this week, we get to the actual episode at 10: 15.

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)

You do know that you can read something else, right?

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• Morning Glory Milking Farm by CM Nascosta

• A Blue Ribbon Romance by CM Nascosta

• The Tempting Monsters series by Kathryn Moon

• The Smash Agency series by Kathryn Moon

• The Fae-ted Kings series by Milana Jacks

• The Clecanian series by Victoria Aveline

• The Shades of Sin series by Colette Rhodes

• The Hartwell Sisters series by Flora Quincy

• The 100 series by Lara Adrian

• Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo 

• Me and my Beast Boss by Shiroino

• The fragrant flower blooms with dignity by Mikami Saka

• The Lady’s Erotic Hobbies by Chae Rangbi and R.Su (on Kakao) 

• The Psy Changeling series by Nalini Singh

Non-Fiction:

• Closed-Door Romance: What’s the Point? by Mimi Matthews

• Bonnet Rippers: The Rise of the Amish Romance Novel by Valerie Weaver-Zercher

• Uh-Oh, Are Amish Bonnet Rippers Red-Pilling Me by Molly Longman

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)


Guest Host: Kit (twitter | A03)


[fandom] after [doing bad thing] because [something vaguely related to the aforementioned fandom].


Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)

The grass has never been more touchable.

Reading Recommendations:

Non-Fiction:

• authors in reviewer spaces. let’s discuss. (reads with rachel on YT)

• i am a goodreads bully (reads with rachel on YT)

• authors behaving badly (playlist by reads with rachel on YT)

• Talking About Authors and Reviewer Spaces (A Critical Dragon on YT)

• S51E02 of Writing Roots: Being an Author in Reader Spaces

• The Difference Between Reader Space and Author Space (hashtagiwrotethis)

• Why Authors Should Stay Out of Fan Spaces by Moriah Richard

• IMO: Authors in Reader Spaces (Weekend Reader)

• Something is very wrong with us, and it’s not bad reviews (Dear Author)

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)

You have to do whatever I say, because I'm all you got! And I want... a BIGGER ROOM! I want a closet like Big made for Carrie in Sex and the City, I want a Labradoodle, and a nice camera to take PICTURES OF US!

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• Beware the Villainess 

• Fake Around and Find Out by S.M. Shade

• Ogami-san Can’t Keep It In by Yu Yoshidamaru

• Miss Night and Day (Netflix)

• Shrill (Hulu)

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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Show Notes:

Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)

Loving v. Virginia has done irreparable harm to our society.

- Hanna Phifer

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• Courtney Milan’s Cyclone Series

• If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie

• My Dear Agent by Ebino Bisque

• First Kill (Netflix)

• Interview With the Vampire (AMC+)

• A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole

• Rebekah Weatherspoon’s FIT Trilogy

• Josh & Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

• Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling/Trinity series

• Gail Carriger’s Finishing School series

• Last Tang Standing by Lauren Ho

• Twisted Lies by Ana Huang

Non-Fiction:

• Gender in Black and White: Examining Interracial Relationships in ShondaLand by Caitlin V. Downing

• Shonda Rhimes Representation Problem (Ada on Demand on YouTube)

• Race and Romance: Coloring the Past

• Black Love Matters edited by Jessica P. Pryde

• Slavery and the Culture of Taste by Simon Gikandi

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)

I don’t want to fix him, I want to make him worse.

Reading Recommendations:

Fiction:

• Literally anything Loki Reynard writes, I fear

• Shade’s Embrace by Olivia Riley

• The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

• The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent

• The Sins Series by Eve Silver

• Lord of Population by Elizabeth Stephens

• Sing Me to Sleep by RM Virtues

• Minotaur Blooded by Naomi Lucas

• The Bargainer Series by Laura Thalassa

• The Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice

• The Mates of the 25XA series by Merry Ravenell

• High Society -  The original story is by Gyeonu and the team at Manta Comics

• Placebo by CukeSoap

• Betrayal of Dignity

Non-Fiction:

• Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft

• Abuse in Fandom by iceofwaterflock (deviantart)

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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Hosted by:

Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)

Since when is shipping the worst thing a fandom can do?

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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“Since we all live in the universe, it is well worth remembering that underneath the outer dressing of ethnicity, color and gender, we are all the same. Showered with the gift of stars.”

 – Vivian Stephens

Reading Recommendations:

Non-Fiction:

Inside the Spectacular Implosion at the Romance Writers of America (Jezebel)

The Romance Writers of America Convention is just super. (New York Press)

Queen of romance (Prospect Magazine)

Embraced by Romance (Publishers Weekly)

Suzanne Brockman’s acceptance speech

Suzanne Brockman’s RWA acceptance speech (RA for All)

My POV on RWA (Nora Roberts blog)

Fifty Shades of White (The Guardian)

How Do You Solve a Problem Like the RITAs? (Kirkus Reviews)

Romance Writers of American Suspends Novelist Courtney Milan for Calling Rival’s Work “Racist Mess” (The Wrap)

Bad Romance (Vox)

Vivian Stephens Helped Turn Romance Writing into a Billion-Dollar Industry. Then She Got Pushed Out. (Texas Monthly)

As racism scandal escalates, Romance Writers of America board president resigns (Chron.)

Romance Writers Group Goes Bankrupt After Diversity Fight Decimates Ranks (Bloomberg)

RWA has Filed for Bankruptcy, And You’ll Never Guess “Why” (Smart Bitches, Trashy Books)

Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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