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There’s a couple of things that I wanted to blog about this morning. First off is the irritating number of press articles about romance as we lead up to Valentine’s Day. This is frustrating for me because we don’t read romances for the “romance”, do we? We read it for the excitement, the conflict, the emotionally satisfying ending. Since when does Valentine’s Day guarantee a happy ever after ending?
I think what sticks in my craw is that the only time that romance novels seems to penetrate (how’s that for a pun) the mainstream media is to a) say how oppressive they are or b) to say how fluffy and silly they are. The articles are generally written by those who have little to no experience with the topic and the tone of the articles are often mocking. This year’s Valentine’s Day articles have taken no different of a tack. The focus this year is that it’s all about super graphic sex. It’s like a revelation to some reporters. Girls like sex too. Who knew?
Reuters takes on the sex, sex, sex but contains a …
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