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Group: Romance Ranting
A place to get those pesky romance annoyances off your chest.
Group info administrator: OstensiblyA
members: 52 discussions: 8 posts: 104 last activity: 11 years ago
Discussions
Internalized Misogyny: When the female lead is so much better than "those" girls.
created by: The Fangirl
Last post: Believe me, I get your frustration. Before, it probably would've gone over my head. However, similar to you, I've been lately trying to find more of a feminist outlook/writing... by ....And Then The Fandoms Came
Euphemisms
created by: OstensiblyA
Last post: That sort of thing is never as funny as authors think it will be. It's exactly as you said, not sexy and distracting. by OstensiblyA
Romance v. Erotic Romance
created by: OstensiblyA
Last post: I agree with Jeanne Fangirl's comment (on her blog). Look, I adore romance novels. But there are so many unhealthy tropes that are peddled to women as "normal", along with hig... by lelainalandis
Sex Scene Annoyances (other than euphemisms)
created by: OstensiblyA
Last post: I was thinking about maybe adding that earlier, but really I agree with INPO on this. And I do read clitoral stimulation a good amount of times. So I think about it, but it's ... by OstensiblyA
The Secret Baby
created by: OstensiblyA
Last post: I was DONE at semen stealing!! by My Reading Nook
Sexual Abuse/Rape as an angst-generator
created by: Abandoned by user
Last post: Exactly! Because the only reason a woman likes having sex without love is because she's screwed up in the head from previous trauma. Ugh!!! Thus needing saving by the magic pe... by My Reading Nook
The Silent Heroine
created by: OstensiblyA
Last post: Engagement after one week, ugh. That'll annoy me, too. by OstensiblyA
Cheater Backstory
created by: OstensiblyA
Last post: This one really needs to stop. I have read so many books with this recently and there is no real way to know beforehand if it's present in a book. (This is not about a hero/he... by OstensiblyA
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