tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174968702699607043.post3968784302521491216..comments2023-04-12T01:54:12.756-07:00Comments on Janet Eckford's Literary Wonderland: In Defense of Sex: A Very Minor Rant...Janet Eckfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412913919031221124noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174968702699607043.post-70453765489279702542011-08-14T00:47:12.311-07:002011-08-14T00:47:12.311-07:00It seems that romance is dogged so much b/c genera...It seems that romance is dogged so much b/c generally it is geared towards women. Despite some male authors posing as females, the romance genre seems to be written primarily by women and consumed primarily by women. If one looks at the best sellers overall, books with aspects of romance DOMINATE the lists. <br /><br />I've noticed that anything that when a male does something that is traditionally termed 'women's work' (such as cooking or sewing) it gets renamed into something special like CHEF or DESIGNER and you will note how many women are left out of it when it becomes a serious money-making endeavor.<br /><br />Due to men and their view of masculinity, many won't cross over publically so they rip it.<br /><br />Another issue is the fact that in romance books women tend to ENJOY WANT AND CRAVE the intimacy or sex and the man PAYS ATTENTION to the woman and her needs, not just focusing solely on his own pleasure. That is an upset of the status quo, and therefore people find it unacceptable.Beautiful Trouble Publishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185649952900005921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174968702699607043.post-47764516081885587812011-08-11T06:11:58.225-07:002011-08-11T06:11:58.225-07:00Good writing is good writing. I don't know why...Good writing is good writing. I don't know why there is such a stigma attached to a book that features sex. This maybe my inner feminist speaking, but it just seems to me that its a way to put female writers down by undermining the quality of their work. That's my mini rant anyways.Billy Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17677598358996736536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174968702699607043.post-45002902927376580592011-08-09T09:40:19.674-07:002011-08-09T09:40:19.674-07:00I've never been fond of the term 'bodice r...I've never been fond of the term 'bodice rippers' for one. Who set the precedent of what qualifies a book as a 'porn' or a 'bodice-ripper.' I think people throw out these terms so fast and loose that no one really knows what they mean anymore. If we all cut our teeth on Harlequin novels, we would assume that all hero's are business men that are ruthless powerful and rich and all the heroine's are clueless airheads whose dilemma could be solved in the first five pages. Yet, we all did not read Harlequin and write in that fashion. If we were to say all romance novels are bodice-rippers, then that would mean that we all are 'bodice-ripper' readers... <br />I, as a reader, do not want to classified as 'just' something... I don't think we should stifle or shove writers in the same box either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174968702699607043.post-88458164960221108452011-08-09T05:03:24.743-07:002011-08-09T05:03:24.743-07:00Honestly, a lot of these people throw these words,...Honestly, a lot of these people throw these words, because it's how they routinely describe anything that offends them. It's rarely appropriate, when you consider what the terms mean.<br /><br />Worse than that is when people that clearly haven't read a book throw out terms that don't apply. The tag system on Amazon is littered with this. For instance, one of my Kegin books has been tagged with things like incest and menage, when those things are not even in the book. There's no way to report individual tags as abuse, either. I worry that these things will end up with people avoiding the book for incorrect tagging as much as I worry that someone will purchase it to get the content and be miffed that it's not there.BrennaLyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399508130752035374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174968702699607043.post-26597630458756081462011-08-08T21:34:40.458-07:002011-08-08T21:34:40.458-07:00I have found that when critics are disappointed by...I have found that when critics are disappointed by something they thought they were going to get and in reality it is not..., they abuse their opinionated prose. Everyone will not like everything, but when a hired critic or reviewer is looking for "their moment" and they don't get it, they can be downright hateful. There are not many who can disassociate enough to "NOT" diss like an immature spoiled child, but everyone has a right to their opinion. That being said, don't get mad, just be glad that you are one of the few that are intelligent enough to make your own decision regarding a worthwhile read. Sometimes a book by accident opens your mind, you said haunted, that's a very intense word. That book did more than the written critique. It opened your mind..., who knows it might be fodder for a new creation that has nothing to do with being tormented. Just a thought.Cirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764191825597356636noreply@blogger.com