That’s not the scene to which I’m referring. That’s the abuse scene, not the rape scene. I’m just not cool with the “but it was the past!” excuse. I can’t fathom how people find it sexy to legitimately(and I say legitimately because I don’t mean things like BDSM) treat women like shit, and I think we need to exorcise…

I’ve gained 50+ lbs since my fiance and I started dating, with most of that being since our engagement, and I hate it. I hate it so much and I would LOVE to lose any of it, to the point where this shit looks like a decent idea. Thank god I don’t have the money for get slim quick shit, but I know I need something. I…

And this is why I’ll occasionally pick up and read some of the books, but you can’t get me to watch the TV even if you offer a million dollars. I just can’t handle the incredible stupidity that the showrunners of GOT put into this show. It’s fucking atrocious. At least in the books everyone is treated horribly; in the…

Woo, another author and a few titles to add to my list! I was a little scared when someone in the last post recc’d me Outlander(um, no, me no likey fucking spousal rape and physical abuse thx) but these sound like AWESOME stories!

Just reading this made me want to cry and gave me flashbacks to when I was actively pursuing women, especially the part about lesbians kind of hating us.

This makes me so sad, because it’s completely been my experience with lesbians that they want nothing to do with me as soon as they realize I’m bi, which kind of precludes getting to know me for an extended period of time. It’s so frustrating and hurtful. I understand WHY people are like that, but it’s still…

We should have a club with shirts and everything. I’m about to marry the man of my dreams and I’ve never been with a woman(relationship wise or physically), so I know this window is closing for a while, unless he decides he’d be okay with non-monogamy or a threesome or something, which might happen so who knows. But…

I work at a Workforce office and one of my coworkers says she thinks women having to work is the reason families are in the toilet. This woman is responsible for helping people get jobs and education and she holds that incredibly backwards point of view...she thinks it doesn’t effect her job but I know it must. It…

Presumably he had private pictures of his secretary.

LOL that’s another worry of mine! But I’ve kind of ran out of good fic for my current favs (the fandoms have gotten huge and the good epic writers have left) so I might as well try for what I can.

That’s a lot, thank you very much! I know about Outlander but I’ve very much avoided it because marital rape and I don’t really get along well, which I think has also scared me off other historical novels.

Yeah, don’t even get me started on 50SOG and to a lesser degree Twilight(at least Edward never raped Bella!). UGH. So much UGH. I live in a v conservative state/city and everyone is like ooo look at how she saves him! And I’m like No. And then I get the whole oh you probably just hate the ~stuff~ and I’m like bitch…

Oh awesome!!! Maybe they can help me find a non-shitty kinky romance novel, which is a genre I’m too scared to ask about because of fifty shades of abuse is not my cup of tea. :/

God, no, her negging of him is just absolutely GLORIOUS turnabout though.

Ha, I’m not to worried about starting soft since I spend a large majority of my time reading(and writing) fan fiction of the particularly explicit type lol. I LOVE genre romance but genre shows(esp scifi which is my forte) treat women like absolute shit, especially when they’re in relationships, which I guess is why I…

Awesome, I will look!

Sooooo all the coverage Jez has been doing has really made me want to pick up some romance novels, but I’ve literally never read one. What am I gonna be seeing here?

I’m glad you didn’t suggest that horny guy broach the topic of non-monogamy to his wife. He may love her and mean it 100% but nothing is more terrifying than getting knocked up and then suddenly your partner wants to go elsewhere for sex. Even the chillest and most understanding person would VERY easily get upset(and…

YASSS

Every time you post this I laugh. Every. Time.