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liliafordromance

Dec 13, 20146 min read

Is 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.”...

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liliafordromance

Mar 24, 20145 min read

We have Anne Rice to thank for the latest flap over negative reader reviews. The grandmother of all things paranormal waded into the...

liliafordromance

Mar 17, 20148 min read

(This is the fourth essay in a series that argues for considering erotic romance as an "emerging genre," and explores how the genre...

liliafordromance

Nov 13, 20137 min read

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...

liliafordromance

Nov 7, 20136 min read

Introduction This series explores how the recent censorship episodes at Goodreads and booksellers in England represent symptoms of the...

liliafordromance

Nov 1, 20135 min read

In the past month there have been two big censorship scandals, first on Goodreads and then at a variety of English booksellers over the...