Whoa!mance: Romance, Feminism, and Ourselves

Jan 31 2025 355 ep. 49 mins 307
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184. Baggage Claim: Paging Billionaires--In Flight by R.K. Lilley

Jan 31 2025 120 mins  
Morgan and Isabeau are joined by romance author Esme Brett as we discuss In Flight--a romance that took off in the wake of Fifty Shades. In this free wheeling discussion we tackle fanfiction's influence on the genre, the rise of self publishing, and the ethics of depicting BDSM in romance. What are we responsible for? Who are we responsible to? How can we sell more romance novels i

Whoa!nus - Maybe it's not Twenty Twenty for you??? 2024 in Review

Jan 11 2025 99 mins  
We were in the books in 2024 and now 2024 is in the books. Hardest and softest no!s and whoa!s, the places we visited the most in literature, what we did great at and where we came up short. All that and more as we look back on the year that was...2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

183. Meet Me in Los Feliz by Kelly Reynolds

Dec 28 2024 65 mins  
One last round of eggnog, we're talking "MEET ME IN LOS FELIZ" by KELLY REYNOLDS.Nora accidentally barges in on Bowie peeing and catches feels for the (sort of) Short King. Is king a slur if you're a Brit in LA who inherited a house and tea shop(pe)? Amid the hustle of trying to make it as an actress, Nora makes room for a new love.What makes a novella work? Does normalizing rough

Whoa!nus at the movies: Carol (2015) w/ Ellie from Butt Out Baby podcast

Dec 19 2024 117 mins  
Ellie from the Butt Out Baby Podcast had the best idea. For all of us to watch Carol (2015) directed by Todd Haynes and then talk about it. Therese gets a funny feeling when she first sees the glamorous Carol, and it isn't just because its Christmastime. But it is the 1950s, and Carol is going through a divorce, and is a devoted mother, and is at least a decade older and a gajillio

182. Short Days, Long Teeth - "Cold Hearted" by Heather Guerre

Dec 10 2024 66 mins  
If Whoa!mance had a nickel for every time we discussed a novel featuring a werewolf who flies personal aircraft, we would have TWO nickels. Thanks for the hypothetical pay raise, COLD HEARTED by HEATHER GUERRE.Grace has to Teach for America her way away from her terrible ex and terribler Chicago. So she makes her way to the small, insular, warm yet secretive community of Longtooth,

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Chapter 61 - Public Access Read-a-Long

Dec 03 2024 39 mins  
Here it is, the last chapter. The bow tie. The final thoughts. The Darcy. The Rochester. The end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

181. A Little Dark(romance) Meat: Lights Out By Navessa Allen

Nov 29 2024 71 mins  
Ready for some dark romance this holiday season? Sure you are! The days are short anyway. We've got a labrador retriever male main character who makes masked man thirst traps and does some stalking. And we've got a snarky female main character who loves those thirst traps and is looking for a little IRL action.Listen while Morgan and Isabeau untruss this popular bird, get at the ju

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Chapter 60 - Public Access Read-a-Long

Nov 22 2024 16 mins  
Pride and Prejudice gets PENULTIMATE! In this, the second to last chapter of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, there are lots of sweet nothings and victory laps to be had. And the conversation begins circling the drain that leads to...romance novels? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Chapter 59 Read A Long

Nov 15 2024 35 mins  
Darcy and Lizzy need to tell the Bennets what's what Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

180: Actually, it's Frankenstein's Incel - "Pride and Prometheus" by John Kessel

Nov 01 2024 72 mins  
What webs we weave, indeed! This episode we attempt to unknot that cross-over of the century - the NINETEENTH century that is - PRIDE AND PROMETHEUS by JOHN KESSEL.Mary Bennet decides to take one last crack at life before resigning herself to spinsterhood and two people wind up dead. That's what happens when you pin your hopes to the saddest Swiss nerd at the ball. Especially when