D Reviews / DNF Reviewscampaign / England / joint review / m/m / NA / politics / prince / publicity / Washington DC26 Comments
Sirius and I both read accolades for Casey McQuiston’s debut, Red, White and Royal Blue, an m/m New Adult romance. We decided to review it together. – Janine What happens when America’s First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was ... more >
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“Promotion is expensive”: Elena Ferrante on anonymity – Last year I posted a news link to an interview with Elena Ferrante, in which she talked about her refusal to do promotional work for her own books. This 1991 letter, published in the London Review of Books expounds on that position, as ... more >
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The (Unintentional) Amazon Guide to Dealing Drugs – For those of you who routinely give the side eye to Amazon’s algorithms, here’s a true story that is both absurd and frightening. It seems that a pattern of purchases for a certain scale has resulted in a recommended buying list that ... more >
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The end of kindness: weev and the cult of the angry young man – Have you heard of the Free Weev movement. Weev is a famed internet hacker who decided a woman on the internet displeased him. In response he released photoshopped pictures of her children in obscene poses. He ... more >
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“Children have a place and it’s anywhere I’m not!” It was one off-the-cuff remark. But when it goes viral, Alec McAvoy is labeled the playboy CEO of Best for Baby–who hates kids! Enter Julia Stillwell, image consultant extraordinaire. The widowed mom of two has a knack for changing public opinion, ... more >
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Doctoral Dissertation – Um, what the ever loving heck is this? A doctoral student, working on her dissertation for Capella University’s Department of Psychology wants to mine the psyche of RWA members for a “happiness project.” The title of her dissertation? “A grounded theory study of the female members of ... more >