the please-just-go-away-you-old-woman-vibe started when i was 48 - lets not mention constantly reading in the press the word old associated with anyone over 45....Caitlyn is cool EXCEPT she is a Republican. AAARGH.

exactly!

i think romance readers are pretty open so long as the story rocks...i think it is the marketing people and the stores who need to fit stuff in sections and categories. It’s nice to see those books moving in target and wallmart...I have noticed in Paranormal genre a lot more racial diversity - obviously historical and…

yes Eloisa James novel “An Affair before Christmas” its kind of central to the character. Her mother forces her to be super high fashion (for that era). She is allergic to the powders and wax and goop they put in her hair. It makes her so miserable she cant even enjoy sex. Interesting plot twist....

I had started watching Outlander with my husband. He dropped out after the episode where Jamie “spanks” Claire. He is very hardcore on brutality against women in media. I watch GoT and he is horrified by it - we discuss this a lot in our house. I pushed on watching the show but the finale really disturbed me. I…