Jun. 28th, 2009

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[livejournal.com profile] executrix is pretty much the most awesome of ever and another wonderful package arrived at my house this week. One of the books included in my package is Beyond Heaving Bosoms: the Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan who turned the fame of their site by the same name into a seriously kick ass book. I don't agree with everything they say in the book, but it's a very fun and irreverent read; these are gals I want on my lj flist. Anyone who is interested in the genre of romance in pro and fanfic should read this book.

One of the issues they bring up is what has been called elsewhere "code rape." You know the scenario; it shows up in just about every romance novel you read back in the seventies and eighties, what the Smart Bitches call Old Skool Romances. It goes a little something like this:

ExpandTriggery Material Beneath the Cut )

Caveats: 1. This is only my interpretation of rape in fic and not intended to be representative of what anyone else in fandom thinks. 2. I believe that people can fantasize about and enjoy reading about things that they would never do (or even *want* to do) or experience in actuality. 3. Intellectually, I often really gross myself out with the things that turn me on; my kinks often contradict my feminist sensibilities and my ethical sensibilities. I don't know how to reconcile the differences.

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