Introduction This feminist cross-reading of a Nancy Drew “smutty” fanfiction story emerges from our shared interest in literacy education, as well as our respective interests…
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In Hit and Run Holiday (1986), iconic teen sleuth Nancy Drew and her gal pals George and Bess meet up with a friend in Fort…
Comments closedIntroduction Media viewing practices have changed drastically in the last two decades with audiences no longer having to wait for television episodes to be aired.…
Comments closedThis article focuses on Black Young Adult (YA) romance, but I start by thinking about two snapshots of popular culture. Snapshot One is the rise…
Comments closedIntroduction When feminist scholars employ the terms “compulsory heterosexuality” or “compulsory sexuality” they are usually doing so in reference to queer persons or communities who…
Comments closed“An expanded Black feminist theory is needed to contribute to the work of the Black public intellectual, especially the public intellectual dealing with Black popular…
Comments closedI started reading romance novels around the same time that Sanaa Latham was asking, “When did you fall in love with hip hop?” in the…
Comments closedIn 2021, novelist Alyssa Cole argued in an interview with NPR that “romance itself is political, particularly when you’re talking about diversity – who is…
Comments closedInvited to provide a companion essay to the Black Romance Podcast’s interview with romance author Beverly Jenkins, I was honored, nervous, and excited (fangirling actually).…
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