Originally posted January 2004 Thanks to Bob, Lou, George, Eric, & Ian, who helped make this a better article. I also extend an (admittedly somewhat…
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Originally posted April 2004 Thanks to George for making this a better review, as he always does. Books of historical fiction are based, in varying…
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Book review originally posted June 2004 With thanks to Guthrum, oddly enough, who showed me loving horror didn’t mean you were one. ;-) King has…
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Originally written December 2003: more of a grumble than usual… As you probably don’t know, by profession I am a web site designer. I take…
Continue ReadingReview: “Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, & Popular Literature” by Janice A. Radway
Originally written in the late 1990’s for a “Popular Culture” Anthropology class. In her book Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature, Janice A.…
Continue ReadingWomen, bad boys, blahblahblah: The Redux! part IV
Continuing from yesterday… Kakou Korakos I certainly agree with you that women are often societally trained to be too passive. Myself, I believe the answer…
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Continuing from yesterday… Replies Erin (Brace yourself, Erin: I’m going to gush a little. *coughcough* Ahem. ;) ) Thank goodness for folks like you, who…
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Continuing from yesterday… “Whatcha gonna do / When they come for you?” So why exactly does a bad boy seem to “get” more women? Leaving…
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I was going to simply reply to the comments I received concerning the Firestarter titled Why Do We Ask Why Women Seem to Prefer Bad…
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Read part I and part II of this article So no, I don’t think women like assholes better. I think it’s more they believe they…
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