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December 2, 2014

Deserving love and our own genre expectations

JanetLetters of Opinionemotional justice / genre critique / id vortex / reader response / ways of reading15 Comments

One of my favorite things about blogging here is that I can write about a germ of an idea and see it grow and blossom in many different directions and to places I had not even anticipated. Last week’s post on emotional justice is a great example of that, because when ... more >

November 25, 2014

Romance and Emotional Justice

JanetLetters of Opinionemotional justice / genre critique / grovel / love / tropes54 Comments

So I recently saw the movie version of Gone Girl, which had some provocative differences from the book, even though both were written by Gillian Flynn. Those differences, which include a reversal in sympathetic portrayals between the husband and wife, may have been a function of directorial or editorial vision. ... more >

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