There are a lot of people defending romance novels here. I've read some good ones myself, but on the whole the genre has been disappointing. Even if the new stuff is less rape-y, it still has a lot of "chivalrous" alpha douchebags.
There are a lot of people defending romance novels here. I've read some good ones myself, but on the whole the genre has been disappointing. Even if the new stuff is less rape-y, it still has a lot of "chivalrous" alpha douchebags.
@WillHookforChipotle: It probably involves 3 or 4 pieces combined in different ways, as these things always do.
@toniperdido: My thought exactly. He looks like an elf straight out of Tolkien.
@Commentista: I hadn't noticed any of the other writers or editors responding to criticism, so I wasn't singling out Sadie. It's more that I think the policy around here is to sweep these things under the rug.
That reminds me, I need to clip my nails.
@Acefreakly: Unlikely.
This... you are being sarcastic, right?
Jensen Ackles... can I just say... amen.
@BrilliantCorners: No, don't lower your standards, at least not permanently! You need to cover your feet of course, but you deserve to have something you love.
@rye.bread.: I did. The first pair got exchanged for the second pair, and the second pair... well, I was lazy and it's been too long, I think. They make a decent backup pair.
@Punkin: I'm with you. I had the same reaction.
@paddlepickle: Maybe people who have a lot of internalized sexism. They don't want to seem "whorish," even on a survey. People do lie. Even to themselves.
@BrilliantCorners: Don't despair. I'm big. I'm tall and fat and have huge (size 12, really 12.5) feet.
@cookiecutter: From a long-term boyfriend I would expect something more personal and romantic for v-day. You have a point there.
@aloix: You're right, boundaries and ultimatums are different. I guess I was thinking of ultimatums about boundaries.
@kitkat:
@trouble-bubble: Oh yeah, that happens. It has happened to me a couple of times.
It seems like your examples of ultimatums are all a specific kind: stop talking to _x_ person.
@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: It's nice to have you back.