“Romance books are not real reading! They're too predictable! They're just fluff! ” We’ve all heard it before. Romance as a genre is so often discredited, referred to as badly written, mindless fluff and labeled as not “real literature”. In this weeks episode of the pod, I talk a bit about the romance genre, explore why its not seen as a “legitimate form” of reading and the implied misogyny behind that mindset.

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Some sources I talked about in the episode:

Turning the Page. How women became readers. By Joan Acocella

The “Romance Novels Are Less Legitimate” Mindset by mollyrookwood

I Can’t Believe People Are Still Questioning if Romance Novels Are “Real Books” BY LEAH JOHNSON

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