Bonus - 🇬🇧 “It’s not a fucking salad!1!”: A 2021 special with Keguro Macharia

Happy New Year darling listeners! We wanted to start 2021, a New Year in most parts of the world, on a positive note, so we decided to record a bonus episode with one of our absolute faves on the Twitterverse, the one and only 🖤Keguro Macharia🖤, lover of Flowers🌺 and Romance Novels💝, hater of Cabbage🥬.We talk romance, Harold Robbins💦, diaspora, Bridgerton, couscous, diasporic injera, Jane Austen, Mills & Boon, freedom, thinking across different geo-histories, shared vernacular and so much more! We highly recommend you - in his own words - to "buy, borrow, steal, gift, read, teach, and think" with his incredible work: Frottage: Frictions of Intimacy across the Black Diaspora. And for the Romance Novel n00bs (and Mariam) we have an extensive guide to reading romance novels in the show notes below. A short guide to reading RomanceThe Beginner's Guide to Reading RomanceWhy you should read romance novels Book Breaks AppGet a Kindle Unlimited subscriptionHere's Why We Need More Inclusivity In Romance NovelsDanielle Steel: reigning queen of Romance Novels Revisiting Harold Robbins, the Forgotten "Dirty Old Man of American Letters"Resources To Check Out Inclusive Romance NovelsBisexual BooksWOC in RomanceDiverse RomanceGoodreads chronic illness book listGoodreads disabled book tagGoodreads mental illness book tagGoodreads transgender book tagLambda LiteraryThe Lesbian ReviewThe LesbraryLGBTQ ReadsThe Ripped Bodice Diversity reportRomance Novels in ColorSmart Bitches, Trashy Books divers book listTrans Book ReviewsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.