romance
The Pleasure Dome: On Nonmonogamy and Casual Sex
With time, I’ve learned that under the layers of socialization—and jealousy—there’s deeper wiring that says yes to one, or yes to two, or yes to many.
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Teenage Fever: “Everything, Everything” Subverts the Whiteness of Teen Romance Movies
Everything, Everything proves that teen romance movies don’t have to revolve around whiteness.
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Be a Man: The Disruption of Toxic Masculinity in “Master of None”
Master of None models what healthy platonic relationships should look like for men.
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The Pleasure Dome: Conversations with My Sex Toys
On intimacy, honesty, and queerness: A conversation between our pleasure columnist adrienne maree brown and sex toys.
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A New Documentary Explores the Billion-Dollar Romance Novel Industry
“Love Between the Covers” highlights a community that’s often unfairly maligned.
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Everyone Deserves a Happy Ending: Seeking Romance Novels Featuring LGBTQ Characters
Recently, I talked with Indian-American romance novel author Suleikha Snyder about her work writing romance tales starring people of color. “Don’t... Read more »
Hot Under the Bonnet: The Cooptation of Amish Culture in Mass-Market Fiction
Dubbed “Amish romance novels,” “Amish fiction,” or the more waggish “bonnet rippers,” these novels just one entry point into the varying images of Amish communities in U.S. popular culture.
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Three Authors Discuss Their Favorite Romance Novels Featuring People of Color
For the week around Valentine’s Day, writer Jessica Luther is writing a series of three articles about gender, race, and sexuality in romance novels. ... Read more »
Why Do People Keep Calling my Sexuality "Noble"?
When I was 12, I was in an abstinence-only sex-ed program where I learned that I should only have sex with someone to whom I was married. Then, in high school, some of my friends and I decided that premarital sex might be okay as long as it was with someone we were really, really in love with.
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"Before Midnight" is a Refreshing Rejection of Happily Ever After Romance
Audiences have been waiting eighteen years for Celine and Jesse—the stars of Richard Linklater’s 1995 romantic classic Before Sunrise—to become an item.
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