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Hi, Sexist readers. Welcome to a new daily item, in which I link to the sex-and-gender pieces of note from around the Internets. I'd love to link to what you're reading, as well; file your suggestions here!
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Meet the hottest new women's fiction subgenre: the Amish romance novel. Seeing as "the church has traditionally viewed fiction as distracting and deceitful," the Wall Street Journal reports, Amish romances are largely written by non-Amish women, for non-Amish women. These so-called "bonnet books," essentially, are romance novels for modern women who want to live vicariously [...]
Welcome back to Sexist Beatdown, the erotic weekly chat wherein Sady of Tiger Beatdown and I discuss our innermost desire to be raped, forcibly married, and impregnated by a handsome and affable doctor of our parent's choosing.
Shit, no, no—that's the subject of our $39.99 Pay-Per-View edition of Sexist Beatdown (check local listings). This Sexist Beatdown [...]
Romance writer Moriah Jovan notes a disturbing new trend among the youngsters in "Romancelandia" (that would be the realm of romance novel fan-dom). Women "who love romance novels" are mocking older romance novels for their fantastically retro covers, dated cultural references—and rapist love interests. Not fair!
