#65 Not Your Mother's Usual Podcast

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Happy Mother's Day to all those who celebrate! This might be a tough conversation, but let's talk pregnancy and motherhood in romance books, and just why these topics have historically walked hand in hand with romance plots. Buckle in, it's a full on Jen X Jackie conversation.Content warnings: discussions of pregnancy and pregnancy loss, artificial insemination, motherhood, abortion and patriarchal views of motherhood and partnerships, and brief mention of eugenicsQuestions/comments/concerns/want to join in the conversation? Email us at [email protected]! Books we mention:Tied Up, Tied Down by Lorelei James (Rough Riders #4)Sunset Embrace by Sandra BrownIf You Deceive by Kresley ColeCarpathian series by Christine FeehanSookie Stackhouse by Charlaine HarrisFifty Shades of Grey by EL JamesTwilight by Stephanie MeyerFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosThe Final Girls Support Group by Grady HendrixFlamer by Mike CuratorGender Queer by Maia KobabeBluest Eye by Toni MorrisonAll Boys Aren't Blue by George JohnsonYellowface by RF KuangSources:"Growing share of childless adults in U.S. don’t expect to ever have children" (Pew Research Center, 2021)

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