For this book club, we dig into issues around consent and rape culture and how fanfiction can be a tool of cultural activism with Milena Popova's work DubCon: Fanfiction, Power and Sexual Consent. Through tropes like the Omegaverse, arranged marriage and Real Person Fiction, as well as the tagging system, we discuss what fanficiton can tell us about consent ... Show More
Oct 2024
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the dire situations, dark-web-mind-surfing, and dream sex in Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh. Plus, Robin Hood's swagger and changeling specieism. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook Group: Not Y ... Show More
51m 13s
Sep 2023
Scrubbing In Book Club: Untamed by Glennon Doyle (Part One, Sparks to Rules)
It’s the first meeting of our Scrubbing In Book Club! We’re tackling “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle and covering topics like how to be a “Golden One”, how it feels to fall madly in love, and what sparked the terrible advice “have you tried blow jobs?”
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32m 7s
Sep 2022
My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the wallflowers, wheelchairs, and "White Fang-ing" in My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid. Plus, former lives as Prussian courtesans. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook Group: Not Your Mom's Fa ... Show More
55m 39s
Mar 2024
The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the printing presses, politics, and puppy cannons in The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan. Plus, brother movies and not being shocked in sex ed. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook Group: Not Your M ... Show More
55m 42s
Feb 2024
Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the fake dating, female solidarity, and friends to lovers in Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola. Plus, creating future romance readers and being hard to impress. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook Group ... Show More
1 h
Oct 2023
Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon
<p>Ellen and Mom discuss the comic cons, curriculum, and coaching in Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon. Plus, sex positivity and more about comic cons than you ever wanted to know. <br/><br/>Come hang out with us! <br/>Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsrom<br/>Facebook G ... Show More
1h 36m
