Shelf Love: Romance Novel Discourse

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Proving once and for all, using science, the truth of the romance reader stereotype. Warning: this research is about how romance novels and readers are perceived, not the actual reality. 

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Inside: Stereotype Content Model, Cognitive Dissonance, Susan Fiske, Social Psychology, Leon Festinger, Dan Ariely, and more.

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Romance Author Jodie Slaughter joins Shelf Love Live from Copper Dog Books in Beverly, Massachusetts. Can Jodie identify excerpts from her own books? What's her favorite trope and why is it Only One Bed? We play games and share romance recommendations, answer live Q&A from the audience, are ogled by passing firefighters, question if capitalism is the real nemesis in classic rom-coms, and more.

Recorded August 11, 2021 in a livestream. Watch the enhanced & edited video recording on YouTube!

Part 1: https://youtu.be/Una6yJPyVf0

Part 2: https://youtu.be/txultz7mqB8

Buy White Whiskey Bargain from Copper Dog Books: https://www.copperdogbooks.com/book/9781733426565

Pre-order Bet On It by Jodie Slaughter: https://www.copperdogbooks.com/book/9781250821829

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Books Mentioned:

• Keep Moving by Maggie Smith: https://www.copperdogbooks.com/book/9781982132071
• All Things Burn by Jodie Slaughter: https://www.copperdogbooks.com/book/9781074526542
• To Be Alone With You by Jodie Slaughter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Y92DR54/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
• Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters: https://www.copperdogbooks.com/book/9781538735527
• Take a Hint Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert: https://www.copperdogbooks.com/book/9780062941237
• Strange Love by Ann Aguirre: https://www.copperdogbooks.com/book/9781658713764
• His Beauty by Jack Harbon: https://www.amazon.com/His-Beauty-Jack-Harbon-ebook/dp/B08LYL4JKM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TZF4XPJSNBQH&dchild=1&keywords=his+beauty+jack+harbon&qid=1630370570&sprefix=his+beauty+jack%2Caps%2C326&sr=8-1
• Bitterburn by Ann Aguirre: https://www.copperdogbooks.com/book/9798554610417
• Harbor by Rebekah Weatherspoon: https://www.copperdogbooks.com/book/9780578720364
• How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole: https://www.copperdogbooks.com/book/9780062933966

More Romance Recommendations: https://www.copperdogbooks.com/loveyourshelf

Learn more about Jodie Slaughter: https://www.jodieslaughter.com/

Shelf Love episodes mentioned:

• White Whiskey Bargain with Charish Reid: https://shelflovepodcast.com/episodes/season-2/episode-31/white-whiskey-bargain-by-jodie-slaughter-with-charish-reid-be-proud-english-majors/
• Jodie Slaughter Twilight fan fiction episode: https://shelflovepodcast.com/episodes/season-2/episode-77/077-twilight-fan-fiction-climbing-into-a-can-of-worms-with-jodie-slaughter-part-1/
• Ideologies with Margo Hendricks: https://shelflovepodcast.com/episodes/season-2/episode-80/080-i-now-pronounce-you-colonialism-capitalism-white-supremacy/
• Strange Love with Whoa!mance: https://shelflovepodcast.com/episodes/season-2/episode-76/076-generous-curiosity-strange-love-by-ann-aguirre-with-whoamance/
• Jack Harbon as a guest on the podcast talking about Captive Romance: https://shelflovepodcast.com/episodes/season-2/episode-84/084-captive-romance-problematic-favorite-tropes/

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Who profits from "diverse" romance adaptations? Are white authors making room for creators from marginalized backgrounds to tell their stories? What's lost in translation to screen?

Listener questions inspire me to dig into how romance novels differ from romances adapted for the screen. Then, I examine the curious case of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton adaptation, sharing statements she's made on whom she could imagine (not) getting a happily ever after in historicals and a never-before-heard interview with Kianna Alexander recounting a panel from 2017.

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Show Notes:

Shelf Love:

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Resources:

• Making Meaning in Popular Romance Fiction by Jayashree Kamble
• The Strand Panel on YouTube
• Laura Vivanco has a blog post where she collects some anecdotes from folks on Twitter with additional insight into the accuracy of how Julia Quinn has represented history in these anecdotes.
• Publisher's Weekly 1 month post-Bridgerton Sales
• Nielsen Julia Quinn Sales
• Julia Quinn's books

Contributors to this episode:

• Love, Essie
• Jhen - Monogamish, Shelf Love Episode
• Jodie Slaughter: episode 077 and 078
• Diana Filar: episode 092
• Kianna Alexander

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Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon: it may be a Tik-Tok sensation now, but over a year ago it was a podcast sensation. Dani Lacey invited me as a guest on her podcast, Ice Planet Podcast, to discuss Barbarian's Hope, a second chance romance between two very tall blue humanoid-ish aliens with horns whose love life is controlled by a parasite. This is an edited version of that episode.

CW: loss of a child, grief, depression.

Show Notes:

NEWS:

• Dame Jodie Slaughter River Boat Cruise & Virtual Event with Copper Dog Books! (August 10 & 11, 2021)
• I launched a Patreon!
• Watch my PCA Presentation about Romance Reader Stereotypes!
• Support Honor Black Birth!

Show Notes:

Shelf Love:

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Guest: Dani Lacey, host of Ice Planet Podcast

Dani Lacey: Twitter

Ice Planet Podcast: Website | Twitter

We Discuss:

Barbarian's Hope, Book #11 of the Ice Planet Barbarians Series by Ruby Dixon

To listen to the full original version of this episode, you can listen to episode 10 of Ice Planet Podcast here:

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-ucewn-854ac9f?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share

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How is whiteness & assimilation assumed in the "land of opportunity" narrative & myth of American immigrants? We explore: how names indicate our roots, white privilege, feelings of cultural loss, our own immigrant experiences, plus we talk about Christina Laurens' Roomies novel & upcoming film adaptation.

NEWS:

• Dame Jodie Slaughter River Boat Cruise & Virtual Event with Copper Dog Books! (August 10 & 11, 2021)
• I launched a Patreon!
• Watch my PCA Presentation about Romance Reader Stereotypes!
• Support Honor Black Birth!

Show Notes:

Shelf Love:

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• Check out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episode
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Guest: Dr. Diana Filar

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We talked about Roomies by Christina Lauren

Quotes about Christina Laurens' Roomies adaptation: https://ew.com/books/2018/08/16/how-hollywood-is-rekindling-the-rom-com/

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"Guilty pleasures," or is the guilt what we find pleasurable? This is the question Dr. Arielle Zibrak asks in her book, Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures (NYU Press). Arielle joins me to explore just some of the thought-provoking arguments made in her book and coach me on letting myself enjoy imperfect media. It's not a book about romance novels (although they're discussed), but the topic is highly relevant for any media that is coded as "femme," especially stories about love.

NEWS:

• Dame Jodie Slaughter River Boat Cruise & Virtual Event with Copper Dog Books! (August 10 & 11, 2021)
• I launched a Patreon!
• Watch my PCA Presentation about Romance Reader Stereotypes!
• Support Honor Black Birth!

Show Notes:

Shelf Love:

• Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Patreon | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: [email protected]
• Check out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episode
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Guest: Dr. Arielle Zibrak

Website | Twitter | Buy Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures

Arielle is reading/watching:

• Animal by Lisa Taddeo
• The Bold Type

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A touch of taboo...the Joyless Hags (Katrina Jackson & Tasha L. Harrison) reunite to dissect Seducing My Guardian by Katee Robert. We ask "What is this book trying to do?" When a book opens a door, does it have to close a window somewhere?! Also some news!

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NEWS:

Dame Jodie Slaughter River Boat Cruise & Virtual Event with Copper Dog Books! (August 10 & 11, 2021)

• River Boat Cruise - Essex, MA -  Tues. August 10, 2021
• Virtual Event - Wed. August 11, 2021

I launched a Patreon!

Watch my PCA Presentation about Romance Reader Stereotypes!

Support Honor Black Birth!

Show Notes:

Shelf Love:

• Sign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Patreon | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Email: [email protected]
• Check out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episode
• Shelf Love episodes with transcripts

Guests:

Katrina Jackson: Twitter | Instagram | Kat’s Email newsletter | Buy Beautiful & Dirty

Kat's other episodes: An Unconditional Freedom | Polyamory/Financial Conversations | Kink | Angst | Religion | History | Blind Date With A Book Boyfriend by Lucy Eden | Modern Romance Canon

Tasha L. Harrison: Twitter | Tasha's website | Buy A Taste of Her Own Medicine

Tasha's other episodes: Tasha L. Harrison Writes Romance for Black People | A Duke by Default

We Discuss:

Seducing My Guardian by Katee Robert

Previous Joyless Hags Book Club Episodes:

083. Earth is Ghetto: Joyless Hags Book Club

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Problematizing romance: what happens when we dare to interrogate the assumptions that underlie the worlds into which we escape? Morgan & Isabeau from Whoa!mance podcast join me to discuss commodity fetishism, Marx, how it's easier to cancel than realize there is no terminus, and how we can't sloganize or consume our way out of oppression. It's the whole enchilada. Don't miss an epilogue to our conversation about North and South that pulls it all together. ("I don't want to marry you to possess you...I want to marry you because I love you!")

PS: There's an intermission half way through the episode at a natural pause point if you want to listen in 2 parts.

Show Notes:

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• Check out Shelf Love’s updated website including the transcript for this episode
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• Watch my PCA Presentation on YouTube! It's (not) about Bridgerton!

Guests: Whoa!mance (Morgan and Isabeau)

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Morgan & Isabeau joined me in episode 076 to discuss Strange Love by Ann Aguirre

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Suspend your assumptions about rare books - Rebecca Romney shares how rare book collection can be for everyone, and is a critical component of preserving romance genre history. Work by marginalized people has frequently been considered unimportant or devalued in the rare book world - learn how Rebecca's work (part detective, part scholar, part marketer) is important not just for romance scholars, but for all of us, and how we all have a role to play.

Rebecca Romney is a rare books specialist who has been working on a catalogue surveying the history of popular romance since 2016, covering first editions of major works in the genre from the 18th century to the year 2000. She's also the co-founder of the rare book firm Type Punch Matrix, where the catalogue will be released.

Show Notes:

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Guest: Rebecca Romney, Rare Book Dealer

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Other episodes to check out, related to content in this episode:

• 013. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams with Steve Ammidown
• 058. East Asian American Romances with Cultural Historian Hsu-Ming Teo
• 073. Structuring Romance: The Secular Scripture pt 1 with Dr. Angela Toscano
• 074. Ma'am, this is Problematic: The Secular Scripture pt 2 with Dr. Angela Toscano

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