Pages and Prejudice

Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to [email protected] merch on Threadless or become a Patron to support the show!Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guests:Another Bad Salad (@anotherbadsald on tiktok and youtube) aka the Bob’s Burger’s ladyIt’s not a phase mom, this is who I am!Adrie and guest Holly (anotherbadsalad) dig into the "manic pixie goth girl" — the pop culture archetype of the politically-charged, aesthetically-consumed goth girl in teen and animated media, and why her actual beliefs almost always get tossed aside in favor of her look. From Ally Sheedy's makeover in The Breakfast Club to Jane Lane vs. Daria, Marceline's emotional labor in Adventure Time, Debbie Hyman in American Dad, the Hex Girls, and the underrated Wendell & Wild — they trace how goth girls get fetishized, disposed, tied to trauma, and rarely allowed to just be. Plus: the racialization of goth aesthetics, the goth-to-supernatural pipeline, and why the Catholic Church is actually very goth.Topics: goth girl trope, manic pixie dream girl, media criticism, animated media, fetishization, teen media, Daria, Danny Phantom, Teen Titans, American Dad, Wendell & Wild, fandom, representation, goth aestheticsReading Recommendations:Fiction:The Vampire Kisses series by Ellen SchreiberLeech by Hiron EnnesTelevision:Chilling Adventures of SabrinaMTV’s DowntownO’GradyFilm:The CraftForbidden FruitsPast Episodes:E45: Once You Go AlienE49: A Thin Line Between Love & HateE54: Gay Twitches! Gay Twitches!Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to [email protected] merch on Threadless or become a Patron to support the show!Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Leave room for Jesus, but it’s a 20 year old virgin on tiktok.Adrie and Stitch dig into how purity culture is making a comeback — not just from the religious right, but from within progressive fandom and online spaces — and why the result looks eerily similar from both ends of the political spectrum. They explore the "SVU-ification" of media, the rise of kink-shaming in fandom, why nuance is dead on the internet, and how algorithm-driven outrage is producing a generation that can't sit with discomfort — let alone articulate it. From discourse about problematic romance fiction and RPF, to the harassment of actors for being straight, to the hot takes on God of War's Begtse, this episode asks: are we actually protecting anyone, or are we just doing purity culture from the left?Topics: purity culture, fandom discourse, kink-shaming, consent language, SVU, romance fiction, RPF, problematic faves, fanfic, AO3, Heated Rivalry, and more.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Planet of Kings series by Lee Savino and Tabitha BlackThe Alpha Horde series by Milana JacksCold Sweat by Vera Valentinebasically anything by Loki ReynardManeaterRoyal ReincarnationThe Mating of ElvesHolesome Romance Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to [email protected]. Buy merch on Threadless or become a Patron to support the show!Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)And what if I said erotica is a social good?From ukiyo-e erotica and Tijuana Bibles to webtoons and Kickstarter comics, Stitch and Adrie trace the surprisingly rich history of graphic romance. They cover the rise and fall of 1950s romance comics, the Comics Code's self-inflicted wounds, the erasure of Black and queer stories, and how manga, indie publishers, and the internet finally gave readers the romantic and erotic comics they actually wanted.Topics: romance comics history, Comics Code Authority, Fredric Wertham, manga and shojo, graphic novels, webtoons, queer comics, Jackie Ormes, Women in Refrigerators, Kickstarter adult comicsReading Recommendations:Fiction:IDW’s Weird Love Romance Comic Anthologies from 2014Break Protocols by SarybombArtificial Love by Maria LlovetThe Mafia NannyLore Olympus by Rachel SmytheSmut Peddler Presents: My Monster BoyfriendSunstone by Stjepan Šejić Starfighter by hamletmachineLucifer’s Garden by hamletmachineSuper Fun Sexy Times by Meredith McClarenVampire Knight by Matsuri HinoOuran High School Host Club by Bisco HatoriNon-Fiction:Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age by Peyton Brunet and Blair Davis with an introduction by Trina RobbinsLove on the Racks: A History of American Romance Comics by Michelle NolanSequential CrushRace and Romance from Love Between the CoversPodcasts:Service95 Book Club hosted by Dua LipaThe Great Comic Book Scare | History This WeekMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to [email protected]. Buy merch on Threadless or become a Patron to support the show!Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guests:Ella Dawson (@brosandprose on bsky and instagram) is an NYC-based sex and culture critic and the author of But How Are You, Really, a romance novel about college reunions and millennial angst. She is also the host of the Rebel Ever After podcast about progressive romance novels.If I’m going to suffer at the hands of a man, I would at least like a little narrative consistency.Hosts Adrie and Stitch explore the history of the romance hero — from bodice-ripping pirates to soft cinnamon rolls — and why the sociopath anti-hero is making a loud, alarming comeback. Then they sit down with Ella Dawson (Rebel Ever After podcast, But How Are You Really?) to talk about why readers are drawn to these narratives, what the rise of dark romance says about hetero pessimism and the modern dating landscape, the genre collapse between erotica and romance, and why asking "why do you like what you like?" shouldn't be a threat.Topics: dark romance, alpha heroes, romance tropes, genre criticism, consent in fiction, BookTok, feminist theoryReading Recommendations:Fiction:The Songs of Submission series by CD ReissThe Right to Bear Arms by Vivienne SavageTo Conquer a Highlander by Mary WineThe Fever series by Karen Marie MoningDevoured: The Serpent and the Pomegranate by Eunren and GamjajeonOne Night Only by seowooLove is an Illusion: the Queen by FargoSteel Under Silk by snobThe Devil in Winter by Lisa KleypasPot Shot by Laura Piper LeeWilling Prey by Allie OleanderBack for Seconds by Betty CorelloMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to [email protected]. Buy merch on Threadless to support the show!Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Unfortunately, romance wouldn’t sell as well if the FMCs blocked the MMC every time he was annoying.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Sensual Stress Relief by PochitaroThe Villainess is being Pleasure Interrogated by a Steely Knight Tell Me When You're Full! By pokerouI Got Isekai'd as a Succubus and Became the Familiar of a Super Sadistic Magician!Faeling by SE Wendel Hunger in His Blood by Zoey DravenOmega’s Gambit by Flora QuincyThe Georgina Kincaid series by Richelle MeadNon-Fiction:The Great Big Anita Blake Reread: Approaching the Ardeur (An Explainer)Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to [email protected]. Buy merch on Threadless to support the show!Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)The pandemic emotionally dysregulated me and all I got was this cozy romance novel.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia HibbertNecking by Chris SalvatoreAfter this episode was published, we learned that Sylvie Stray uses or used generative AI for several of her works. We do not support or endorse the use of any technology which promotes theft or degradation of the arts. These notes have been edited to remove the recommendation of her work.The Claws & Cubicle series by Kate PriorAdults’ Picture Book by Kei ItoiHawk & March by Charlie AmenBless by Yukino SonoyamaMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to [email protected]. Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)I accidentally made eye contact with Y/N and now HR is asking me to clean out my desk.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Love and Deepspace (yes, the entire mobile game)Non-Fiction: Fanlore’s page on the Mary SueMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to [email protected]. Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Quit tellin' everyone I"m dead!Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Highlander series by Karen Marie MoningThe Love at Stake series by Kerrelyn SparksThe Parasol Protectorate series by Gail CarrigerThe Fallen Angels series by JR WardThe Argeneau Vampires series by Lynsay SandsThe Psy/Changeling series by Nalini SinghThe Guildhunters series by Nalini SinghFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsThe Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn KenyonSweet Valley High by Francine PascalNon-Fiction:Mass Market Romance is Still Important, Ya’ll by Jessica Pryde | Book RiotPrint Book Sales Saw a Small Sales Increase in 2024 | Publisher’s WeeklyMass Market Paperbacks are Dead by Daniel Greene | YoutubeHow Mass-Market Paperbacks Rewrote Reading Culture by Retha Tep | HistoryDon’t Call Them Trash by Sophie Gilbert | The AtlanticSo Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pockets by Elizabeth A. Harris | NYTMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to [email protected]. Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)It is these damn phones.Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to [email protected] by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guests:Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is Dean of Humanities at Arizona State University and former co-president of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, the largest professional organization in the environmental humanities. His research examines strange and beautiful things that challenge the imagination, phenomena that are alien and intimate at once.So, this is what it's like to have all your dreams come true.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Why Don’t You Eat Me, My Dear Wolf by Ao KoshikawaEat by NagabeThe Great Snake’s Bride by FushiashikumoThe Monsters in Like series by 0nlyamemory, VagabondsAndConventGirls (fan fiction)The Summer Hikaru Died by mokumokurenBoys of the Dead by Douji TomitaMonster and Beast by RenjiDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu GotougeNon-Fiction:Monster Theory: Reading Culture by Jeffrey Jerome CohenOf Giants: Sex, Monsters, & the Middle Ages by Jeffrey Jerome CohenWhy Dragons Dominated the Landscape of Medieval MonstersMonsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry BenshoffBecoming the Monster: Queer Monstrosity and the Reclamation of the Werewolf in Slash Fandom by Jacquelin ElliotK-Pop Fandom Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today By Areum JeongMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Head empty, just complaints.Reading Recommendations:Read whatever you want. Godspeed.Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Mommy? Sorry. Mommy? Sorry.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Role Playing by Cathy Yardley10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 (manga and live action show)Hot Nights at the Hot Springs, Secret Trip No. 241 by Sonoo MichiruTokyo Story, a film by Yasujiro OzuDemigods of San Francisco series by KF Breene (21+)Leveling Up series by KF Breene (35+)Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon (25+)Argeneau series by Lynsay Sands (21+)Zorya Dark Ones series by Katie Macallister (35+)Non-Fiction:Myths About Sexuality and Why Older Women Deserve Romance HEAsMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Women don’t want billionaire boyfriends, they want 100% employer-covered health, vision, and dental and unlimited PTO.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Excess by Colette RhodesCinder’s Wolf by Sylvia FrostDesire in His Blood by Zoey DravenTerms and Conditions by Lauren AsherTrade Me by Courtney MilanThe Penthouse: War in Life (on Netflix and Viki)Positively Yours (on Viki in mid-January)Business Proposal (Netflix)The Boss by Jenny TroutMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Women don’t want billionaire boyfriends, they want 100% employer-covered health, vision, and dental and unlimited PTO.Reading Recommendations will be in part II.Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Our gift to you is 2 hours of uncut yapping. Enjoy!Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Tradwifery is just kink with extra steps. Monster romance is kink with no steps. Pick your fighter.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Clecanian series by Victoria AvelineThe Lady & the Orc by Finley FennTwo for Tea by CM NascostaGames with the Orc by Kathryn MoonHowl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn MoonThe Gargoyle from General Management by Kate PriorWarts & Claws Inc. Series by Clio EvansThe Mabon Feast by CM NascostaMe and My Beast Boss by ShiroinuWhy Don’t You Eat Me, My Dear Wolf by Ao KoishikawaNon-Fiction:‘I know I can’t live like this forever’: Meet the red-pilled men trying to quit the manosphere | GlamourThe Manosphere Rewired | EquimundoIs Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? | VogueWhat the Response to “Are Boyfriends Embarrassing?" Says About the Current State of Heterosexual Dating | VogueMonster Theory: Reading Culture by Jeffrey Jerome CohenOf Giants: Sex, Monsters, & the Middle Ages by Jeffrey Jerome Coheneveryone HATES a negative review by mynameismarinesBlumhouse Compendium of HorrorMonsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry BenshoffMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Every coven has has one witch whose real power is just emotional damage.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Brooms by Jasmine Walls, illustrated by Teo DuVallThis Poison Heart by Kaylnn BaronNon-Fiction:Rachel True Looks Back on The Craft | YoutubeThe SAD Truth About Kat Graham & All the Racism She Experienced on “The Vampire Diaries” | YoutubeA Black Women’s History of Hoodoo, Conjure, & Witchcraft | YoutubeMammy, Jezebel, Sapphire, and their Homegirls by Dr. Carolyn WestThe Evolution of Black Witches on Screen | YoutubeBlack Magic: White Hollywood and African American Culture by Krin GabbardUrban Fantasy 101: Magical Negros in the GenreMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)No one is reading romantasy for the realism. They read it so 2 emotionally stunted idiots are legally obligated to kiss by page 312.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Love is An Illusion by FargoThe Remarried Empress by alpha_tart, hereleeLore Olympus by Rachel SmytheBoyfriends by refrainbowBride by Ali HazelwoodRhapsodic by Laura ThalassaIt Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey Non-Fiction:STOP TAGGING AUTHORS IN REVIEWS by Reads With RachelThe Hanya Yanagihara Principle by Andrea Long ChuMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Romance ARC reviewers will sprint through 462 pages of soul-shattering hand-holding, then calmly write “needs more tension,” like they weren’t just sobbing into a stuffy five minutes ago.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Sugar Baby trilogy (novellas) by Rebekah WeatherspoonJockstraps & Newspapers by Lizzie StrongThe Lizzie & Diesel series by Janet EvanovichThe Prince Lestat trilogy by Anne Rice The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia BriggsThe Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn KenyonMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Why do you act like that? Like that…the way that you act.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Psy Changeling series by Nalini SinghThe Boss by Jenny TroutNon-Fiction:The Three Laws of Fandom The Internet of BeefsFansplaining 208: What Fans Owe Each Other(Things I Wish Weren’t) Applied To Fandom: The Three Rules/Laws of FandomMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram & tiktok)Adrie and Stitch talk about CM Nascosta, Cambric Creek, and race in monster stories.Reading Recommendations:The Cambric Creek Universe, in order:Girls WeekendThe Minoan Bride (after dark)Morning Glory Milking FarmA Blue Ribbon Romance (MGMF from Rourke's perspective)The Mabon FeastPartiesA Holly Jolly Mess (short stories)Sweet BerriesRun, Run Rabbit (after dark)Moon Blooded Breeding ClinicThe Filled Vessel (after dark)HexennachtTwo for TeaShadows and Light (after dark)InvitationsHe Loves Me Not(After dark) denotes titles with themes that may be considered triggering or controversial. Check trigger warnings before reading.Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram & tiktok)Stitch and Adrie talk about Kinktober, fandom, and A03.Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram & tiktok)Adrie and Stitch talk about heteropessimism, Sabrina Carpenter as a convenient scapegoat, and kink panic. Fiction:The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy by EL JamesThe Crossfire series by Sylvia DayPlacebo by Cuke SoapCliterary Book Club by van and gold boziIn the Doghouse by JusangNon-Fiction:On Heteropessimism by Asa Seresin (The New Inquiry)Intercourse by Andrea DworkinPornography and Civil Rights by Catharine MacKinnonThinking Sex by Gayle RubinPleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brownMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Adrie and Stitch talk about slavefic, romcoms as a response to feminism, and the attitudes of women in American culture throughout post-industrial history.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia HibbertNecking by Chris SalvatoreThe Jade Calhoun series by Deanna ChaseThe Demon Slayer series by Angie FoxTrue Beauty (manhwa on Webtoon, live action on Viki)Business Proposal (manhwa on Tapas, live action on Netflix)Non-Fiction:Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York CityEdward W. Said - Culture and imperialismMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Stitch and Adrie talk about kinktober, dark romance, Sinners and Stardust, and the nature off consent.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Steel Under SilkSadistic BeautyIn These WordsEatThe Princess of Gryffindor by Aurette (SSHG fanfic)Non-Fiction: censorship is coming for you next (& you're cheering it on)Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Saving the species, one human at a time.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Brides of the Kylorr series by Zoey DravenThe Clecanian series by Victoria AvelineClaimed Among the Stars anthologyThe Fireblood Dragons series by Ruby Dixon (but not the 10th one)Mates of Planet 25XA series by Merry RavenellMass Effect Andromeda Star-Crossed (CW TV Series)Superman (2025)The Jekh Saga by H. E. TrentThrawn by Timothy ZahnNon-Fiction:Difference Engine: Aliens, Robots, and Other Racial Matters in the History of Science Fiction by De Witt Douglas KilgoreMonster Theory (specifically chapter 1, Monster Culture) by Jeffrey Jerome CohenMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Do you carry a lunchbox?Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Princess Diaries series by Meg CabotSailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi Gravitation by Maki MurakamiFantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyonthe Highlander series by Karen Marie MoningA Great and Terrible Beauty trilogy by Libba Braythe Vampire Kisses series by Ellen SchreiberNon-Fiction: AO3 Ship Stats 2025Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)It’s a choice.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Meet Me at the Anvil by Kate PriorMy Orc Roommate by Veronika KaneSweetling by SE WendelMagical Midlife Madness by KF BreeneImpromptu Match (Goliaths of Wrestling) by Lily MayneAll Superheroes Need PR (Supers in the City) by Elizabeth StephensOne Last Job by Anise StarreAlternatives to Kindle UnlimitedLibby (via OverDrive) & Hoopla (free with a participating library card)Scribd / Everand ($11.99/month + 30 day trial)Kobo Plus & Kobo Plus Listen ($7.99/month for a Plus or Listen plan, $9.99/month for both)Apple Books (free to access + cost of books)Google Play Books (free to access + cost of books)Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Well, I don’t say that you have to enjoy it!Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Dragons books by Katie MacAlisterGotten by the Gator by Lizzie StrongDaughter of No Worlds by Carissa BroadbentThe Fae Isles series by Lisette MarshallThe Boss by Jenny TroutEvensong’s Heir by L.S. BairdSmoke and Ashes by Alexis HallLove and Deepspace - the mobile gameMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)I invited you into my home and now you’re mad about the curtains?Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Midnight Breed series by Lara AdrianMaybe the first 10-11 books in the The Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR WardNecking by Chris Salvatore The Highlander series by Karen Marie MoningThe Jade Calhoun series by Deanna ChaseThe Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn MacklerThe first… six books of the Cassie Palmer series by Karen ChanceThe Lotus Palace by Jeannie LinMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)This is not what Joseph Smith had in mind.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz Mediator series by Meg CabotLana Harvey, Reapers Inc. by Angela RoquetImmortal Dark by Tigest GirmaBride by Ali HazelwoodMidnight Sun by Stephanie MeyerCarmilla by Sheridan Le FanuHungerstone by Kat DunnFledgling by Octavia Butler First Kill on NetflixNon-Fiction:Why We Love and Hate Twilight by Sarah Elizabeth GallagherBitten by Twilight by Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, and Elizabeth Behm-MorawitzSeduced by Twilight by Natalie WilsonFanpires: Audience Consumption of the Modern Vampire by Gareth Scott and Kirstine MoffatVampires and Vampirism: A Cultural Study by Dudley Wright and Tarl Warwick (original version from 1918)Celluloid Vampires: Life After Death in the Modern World by Stacey AbbottRace in the Vampire Narrative edited by U. Melisssa AnyiwoToo White Bread for This Shit: Race and Racism in Laurell K Hamilton’s Urban Fantasy SeriesMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Please clear my internet search history when I’m gone.Reading Recommendations:GamesMass EffectSilent HillNon-Fiction:Snape: A Definitive Reading by Lorrie KimMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)It’s pretty obvious that money was just a suggestion for the Halliwell sisters.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko KuiCherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard by Yuu ToyotaThe Virgin Witch by Face ParkThe Sweet Pea Mysteries series by Kathryn MoonThe Witches of the Midwest series by Amanda M. LeeThe Devil Made Me Brew It by Sarah PiperThe Wheel of the Year series by CM NascostaMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)And they were [Confederate] soldiers.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Love at Stake series by Kerrelyn SparksThe Southern Vampire Mystery series by Charlaine HarrisThe Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa BroadbentThe Vampire Academy series by Richelle MeadThe Ghostwalker series by Christine FeehanA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessDread Nation/Deathless Divide by Justina IrelandNon-Fiction:Video: The State of NaNoWriMo“On “Twilight” and Fiction’s History of Confederate Vampires”Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Whenever feasible, one should always try to eat the rude.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Fangs - Billy Balibally MADK - Ryo SuzuriThe Tiger Won’t Eat the Dragon Yet - Hachi InabaEat - NagabeA Sinner of the Deep Sea - Akihito TomoM41TO on BSKYNon-Fiction:Neo-Victorian Cannibalism: A Theory of Contemporary Adaptations - Tammy Lai-Ming HoHow to Serve Man: On Cannibalism, Sex, Sacrifice, & the Nature of Eating - Gary AllenCannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History - Bill Schutt“Hannibal and the Cannibal: Tracking Colonial Imaginaries” in Becoming: Genre, Queerness, and Transformation in NBC’s Hannibal - article by Samira Nadkarni and Rukmini Pande, collection edited by Kavita Mudan Finn and EJ Nielsen“The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine” - Maria DolanSongLudo - Horror of Our LoveMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)WARNING: Explicit descriptions of graphic (and bad) sex and mild vore in this episode.The horrors persist and so do I.WARNING: Time stamps for potentially upsetting and/or disturbing material are below.20:55 - 23:01 Descriptions of an*l and vag*nal sex without proper hygiene.44:50 - 46:04 Descriptions of oral and period sex.1:08:58 - 1:13:03 Descriptions of vore.Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)A playwright by any other name would be not Shakespeare.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:By Any Other Name by Jodi PicoultThe Queen's RealmNon-Fiction:Shakespeare Wrote Insightfully About Women. That Doesn’t Mean He Was One. by James Shapiro (The Atlantic)The Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter, Vol. 59, No. 3 pp. 1, 18-19 by Jonathan BateShakespeare Was Shakespeare by Isaac Butler (Slate)What if Shakespeare was Shakespeare? by Noah Millman (The Week)Cinzia DuBois’ (Lady of the Library) review of Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies (Goodreads)Who’s Afraid of A Black Blaise Zabini? Everyone in 2005 Harry Potter Fandom… Apparently.Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Man cannot survive on loathing alone.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Mating of ElvesEyeletThe BondservantLady & MaidCold Blooded Beast (Full Version)Silver Foxed by Kayla GrosseGuarded by the Snake by Layla FaeGotten By the Gator by Lizzie StrongMy Orc (Fake) Boyfriend Next Door by Veronika KaneMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guest Host:Our guest this week is Deepa (no pronouns), who has been in fandom since age 13 and interested in sapphic media and femslash just as long! Deepa co-hosts a Pretty Little Liars podcast with Deepa’s friend Cameron called “Don’t Forget the Chickpeas”. Deepa is barely on socials these days, but is technically on bluesky @deepasivarajan and instagram @deepa_sivarajan.So you don't like toxic lesbian romance? God forbid a woman have hobbies.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury5 Seconds Before a Witch Falls in LoveDoughnuts Under a Crescent MoonI’m In Love With the VillainessMurcielagoShe Loves to Cook and She Loves to EatStraight Girl TrapSora and HaenaCouple of MirrorsTo Embers We ReturnFemale General, Eldest PrincessPurely By AccidentMoonlight Fills The Western TowerNon-Fiction: By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga by Erica Friedman"Queer Media from the Global South: The Emerging Girls Love (GL) Media Industry of Southeast Asia", Eva Cheuk-Yin Li & Ka-Wei PangMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guest Host:Saeed Jones is a poet and cultural critic. His most recent book, ALIVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD, won the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Poetry. He co-hosts VIBE CHECK with Zach Stafford and Sam Sanders. In Acrimony… how did she get on the boat????Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Black in Blues by Imani PerryFall in Love You False Angels by Coco UzukiCackle by Rachel HarrisonNon-Fiction:Humiliation by Wayne KostenbaumMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)You’re telling me a beast built this library?Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Deliciously Dark Fairytales series by K.F. BreeneThe Wicked Villain series by Katee RobertOf Roses and Rituals by S.L. PraterThe Taming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice writing as A. N. RoquelaureA Wicked Tale of Cinderella's Stepmom by Sunset , KiarneEver After (film)Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineNon-Fiction:Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, And The Evolution Of A Fairy Tale by Catherine OrensteinMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)What, exactly, is a female presenting nipple and why can’t I find it on a shelf?Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Spell of the Highlander by Karen Marie MoningThe Midnight Breed series by Lara AdrianTo Ravish a Rogue by CM NascostaHow to Win My Husband Over by spice&kittyThe Glamorous Life of the Fake Mistress by BerrySoda, LeeZen, KimPpopi, and hemoI Failed to Oust the Villain! By JAEUNHYANGNon-Fiction:https://bookriot.com/clinch-covers-on-romance-novels/https://hazlitt.net/feature/brief-history-clinchhttps://mariadeblassie.com/bruja-professor-blog/2021/9/21/the-history-of-clinch-cover-art-with-the-art-of-the-clinchMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)You can excuse racism?Reading Recommendations: Fiction:Haru Wo Daiteita/Embracing Love by Youka NittaTouch My Little Brother and You're Dead (webtoon) by Cheolmujangmi and Toonga, original novel by MorphoThe Maid by Nita ProseThe Crazy Rich Asians series by Kevin KwanNon-Fiction:The Use Value of D. A. F. de Sade by Georges Bataille Bad Writing Takes on Twitter/X@razorbladecactus on ACOTAR, pt. 1@razorbladecactus on ACOTAR, pt. 2Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guest Host:Jeanne, aka Fangirljeanne, is a media critic, author, and geriatic fangirl who has been pissing people off on the internet for decades. She’s on almost every social media plaflorm (@Fangirljeanne), but since the untimely death of Twitter she spends most days doomscrooling on Tiktok.“Think of the messiest person you know. It's a man isn't it?"Reading Recommendations:Fiction: The Illiad (Audible Edition narrated by Audra McDonald)Iron Widow by Xiran Jay ZhaoSalt & Scale by mzladybirdFree to Fly by apckrfanNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Since when is “breeder” a slur?Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic by CM NascostaWarriors of Luxiria series by Zoey DravenAlpha Horde series by Milana JacksAs Morning Falls by Teddy RadiatorThe Gilded Cage by ApollinaVLow Tide in Twilight by eujaSmyrna and Capri by Brothers without a tomorrowTiger’s Den by huung and Dam-rainSweat and Soap - Baby Making Book by Yamada kintetsuThe Cold Hearted Prince May Yet Fall Madly in Love by Haikey and Ninako 275Non-Fiction:What is a Breeding Kink?Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guest Host:Jeanne, aka Fangirljeanne, is a media critic, author, and geriatic fangirl who has been pissing people off on the internet for decades. She’s on almost every social media plaflorm (@Fangirljeanne), but since the untimely death of Twitter she spends most days doomscrooling on Tiktok.“Mama, I fear I may be in love with a criminal.”Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Queenie and the Krakens by Aleera Anaya CeresFinder by Ayano YamaneYakuza Lover by Nozomi MinoLOVE MURDER BASKETBALL by Kurutta Hito, illustrated by TsunderuuuIn These Words by TogaQ and KichikuNekoLovers of Mezzanotte by Golden-ringed dragonfly ShopBrutal by KOGA Kei, art by IZAWA RyouThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasKatee Robert’s O’Malley seriesKit Rocha’s Beyond seriesThe Highwayman by Kerrigan ByrneWicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacleanJJ McAvoy’s Children of Vice and Ruthless People seriesIron Rose by Molly BriarNon-Fiction:Savage Appetites by Rachel MonroeDead Girls by Alice BolinMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)OPEN THE SCHOOLS!Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Like a Butterfly by suu Morishita A Villainess for the Tyrant by Yoo IranThe Sicilian’s Stolen Son (manga edition) by Lynne Graham and Shion HanyuScheme by Colette Rhodes (part of the On the Shelf series)Penelope & Prince Charming by Jennifer AshleyRomeo, Romeo by Robin KayeMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Do not cite the “bad smut” to me, witch. I was on Ao3 when it was written.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Total Eclipse of the Heart by Dani GalliaroThe Prince’s Dearest Guards by Beau van DalenThe Princess in the Henhouse by mieun-lee, Samyeon, DOHAThe Plated Prisoner series by Raven KennedyThe Of Flesh and Bone series by Harper L. WoodsGamesKhywae’s Reader-Insert games on ItchMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers Now you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guest Host:Naomi Lucas is an indie author who’s been writing sexy romance since 2016. She loves being creative whether it’s with painting, writing, or making little jingles about her dogs, Barracuda and Mahi Mahi. A mother since 2020, a wife since 2013, her son and husband are her world. The Lucas pack lives near Portland, seeking their happily ever after. Ever a video gamer, ever a reader, she is a weirdo through and through.“You write women of colour as the FMCs in your romance novels?”What, like it’s hard?Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Naga Brides series by Naomi LucasThe Silver Dragon series by Katie MacAlisterThe Mead Mishap series by Kimberly LemmingLord of Population by Elizabeth Stephens (read the trigger warnings!)Prime Mating Agency series by Regine AbelThe Priest Dreaming Of A Dragon by Yezhao and LiubeiliMr. Wolf Is Violently Smothering Me with Love by AbukuBUDDHIST PRIEST & A SPIDER by HajiNian Monsters & Their Partners Monster and the Beast by RenjiFinley FennRuby DixonLillian LarkTiffany RobertsNon-Fiction:“Looking for” thread on RedditWriting with Color on tumblrMonster Culture (Seven Theses) by Jeffrey CohenMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Watch out boys, we got us a real intellectual here.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Necking by Chris SalvatoreThe Claws & Cubicle series by Kate PriorPerfect Buddy by DakiKiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight by Rin MikimotoMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, support the hosts, and start some extremely awkward conversations in mixed company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.