{"id":1289,"date":"2009-05-21T19:59:45","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T09:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msnaughty.com\/blog\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2009-05-21T19:59:45","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T09:59:45","slug":"beyond-heaving-bosoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/21\/beyond-heaving-bosoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Heaving Bosoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romance novels have long been considered to be trashy, something that plenty of women read but should not brag about. Now there are feminists standing up for their right to read good romantic fiction. <em>Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches Guide to Romance Novels<\/em> recommends the good stuff. There&#8217;s a great interview with the author <a href=\"http:\/\/bitchmagazine.org\/post\/you-read-harlequin-me-too\" target=\"blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I liked this quote.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>MV: Why should feminists read romance novels?<\/p>\n<p>SW: It\u2019s a 50-plus-year-old industry comprised mostly of women writers operating their own businesses and producing a genre about women\u2019s self-actualization, pursuit of autonomy, and acquisition of sexual agency for an audience made mostly of women, who buy over $1.4 billion dollars worth of books a year. No, no, nothing feminist or even subversive about that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romance novels have long been considered to be trashy, something that plenty of women read but should not brag about. 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