Does an HEA always have to mean marriage and kids? Probably not, which is just one of the reasons the level-up romance is a problem.
Why “Level-Up” Romance Sucks
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Call Him Mr. Mom: How Should Parental Names Be Handled in Omegaverse and Mpreg?
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What should children call their omega parent in omegaverse stories? There were quite a few different answers.
Omegaverse and Consent
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Consent is curiously absent from a lot of romance novels. But a/b/o stories tend to play with this in a more intentional way. A lot of stories featuring a/b/o dynamics feature dubious consent—but does it have to be that way?
Did Anyone Mention Gender Identity Includes Boy and Girl?
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Laws banning discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity are front-page news. But they seem to be overreaching on a lot of fronts.
Can Mpreg Escape Bio-Essentialist Messaging?
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You'd think a guy getting pregnant circumvents the biological essentialist standpoint. But mpreg often has a lot of bio-essentialist stances.
We Made Gender Up
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Some people think gender and biological sex are linked. In reality, we kind of made up everything about what makes a man or a woman.
Second Wave Feminism Got It Wrong
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Second wave feminism tried to dismantle more than the first wave. But 50 years on, we're still fixing what the 1960s and '70s got wrong.
Why Doesn’t Publishing Love Romance Novels Back?
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Romance novels are the industry heavy-hitter, but everywhere we turn, they get slagged on. What's up with that?
The Dark Side of Purity Culture
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On the surface, a culture that promotes innocence seems pretty harmless. Underneath, purity culture is much more sinister.
The War on Sex Returns: Why Is Sex Work So Reviled?
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Sex work is considered pretty bad in our society, but not everyone has viewed it that way. Modern arguments against it tend not to hold water, and most of the problems don't originate in the profession itself, but with how society treats it.
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