liliafordromanceDec 13, 20146 min readIs there a difference between “Non-con” and “Rape”?If you read a lot of “non-con” romance, you will inevitably run across angry reviews making some version of the argument, “rape is rape.”...
liliafordromanceMar 24, 20145 min readNegative Reviews and MeWe have Anne Rice to thank for the latest flap over negative reader reviews. The grandmother of all things paranormal waded into the...
liliafordromanceMar 17, 20148 min readWhy is it so hard to review smut?(This is the fourth essay in a series that argues for considering erotic romance as an "emerging genre," and explores how the genre...
liliafordromanceNov 13, 20137 min readFifty Shades of Boneheaded or WTF is Wrong with Erotica Reviewing?So this summer, one of those dear, article-sending friends we all have, knowing of my interest in erotica, forwarded me a review from The...
liliafordromanceNov 7, 20136 min read Goodreads Spawns Depraved Tentacle Monsters! Yippee!Introduction This series explores how the recent censorship episodes at Goodreads and booksellers in England represent symptoms of the...
liliafordromanceNov 1, 20135 min readThe Goodreads Kobo Censorship Debacle Gives Birth to Depraved Tentacle Monster Filth! In the past month there have been two big censorship scandals, first on Goodreads and then at a variety of English booksellers over the...
