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Weekly Update: Romance Date 4670.146. If we thought Romancelandia years were long… Has everyone read all the books? None of the books? What’s your quarantine reading list look like? #RomanceSparksJoy #RSJWeeklyUpdate
May Peterson posted an important thread this week about making space in Romancelandia for trans folks. We urge everyone to read it and seek out the other conversations it inspired. https://twitter.com/maidensblade/status/1258891144525733889
Oprah Magazine published an in-depth look at Black romance writers. This article actually came out a few weeks ago, and we’re sorry we missed it before!. https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/books/a31139140/black-authors-romance-writers-association-controversy-racism/
Femme Trash started a great conversation about the problematic books we love and how they push us to find books that subvert those tropes. Well, first they tried to get everyone in trouble! But then they also, as always, they had insightful commentary. https://twitter.com/Femme_Trash/status/1258830414485094402
Susan Lee has put together a list of romance novel and kdrama pairings. Check it out for both book and TV recs! https://twitter.com/susanleewrites/status/1257367554147921931
Katrina Jax put together a thread of beautiful covers for #RomBkLove Day 7. https://twitter.com/katrinajax/status/1258390969810116608
And did everyone see the beautiful cover for Pintip Dunn’s Thai-American YA romance? https://twitter.com/pintipdunn/status/1257301045035892736
Corey shared a list of contemporary romance with a-spec rep for Asexual Visibility Day. https://twitter.com/TGStoneButch/status/1258821997032640512
One of Romancelandia’s own’s kiddo is publishing a romance webtoon, and the artwork is GORGEOUS. https://twitter.com/marinadoesart/status/1257324472433963011
Laura Brown recently sold her #ownvoices book with both Jewish and hard of hearing rep. Unfortunately, we have to wait until 2021 to read it! https://twitter.com/AuthorLBrown/status/1258040180273041408
Makeup lewks to match romance books? Yes, thank you! https://twitter.com/booknerdwriter/status/1259368079110242305
We hope you have a week filled with books and joy and all the good things! And if we have missed anything important, please let us know. Our DMs are open. You can also submit feedback at http://bit.ly/RSJfeedback . #RomanceSparksJoy #RSJWeeklyUpdate
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