Pages and Prejudice

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)No one is reading romantasy for the realism. They read it so 2 emotionally stunted idiots are legally obligated to kiss by page 312.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Love is An Illusion by FargoThe Remarried Empress by alpha_tart, hereleeLore Olympus by Rachel SmytheBoyfriends by refrainbowBride by Ali HazelwoodRhapsodic by Laura ThalassaIt Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey Non-Fiction:STOP TAGGING AUTHORS IN REVIEWS by Reads With RachelThe Hanya Yanagihara Principle by Andrea Long ChuMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Romance ARC reviewers will sprint through 462 pages of soul-shattering hand-holding, then calmly write “needs more tension,” like they weren’t just sobbing into a stuffy five minutes ago.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Sugar Baby trilogy (novellas) by Rebekah WeatherspoonJockstraps & Newspapers by Lizzie StrongThe Lizzie & Diesel series by Janet EvanovichThe Prince Lestat trilogy by Anne Rice The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia BriggsThe Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn KenyonMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Why do you act like that? Like that…the way that you act.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Psy Changeling series by Nalini SinghThe Boss by Jenny TroutNon-Fiction:The Three Laws of Fandom The Internet of BeefsFansplaining 208: What Fans Owe Each Other(Things I Wish Weren’t) Applied To Fandom: The Three Rules/Laws of FandomMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram & tiktok)Adrie and Stitch talk about CM Nascosta, Cambric Creek, and race in monster stories.Reading Recommendations:The Cambric Creek Universe, in order:Girls WeekendThe Minoan Bride (after dark)Morning Glory Milking FarmA Blue Ribbon Romance (MGMF from Rourke's perspective)The Mabon FeastPartiesA Holly Jolly Mess (short stories)Sweet BerriesRun, Run Rabbit (after dark)Moon Blooded Breeding ClinicThe Filled Vessel (after dark)HexennachtTwo for TeaShadows and Light (after dark)InvitationsHe Loves Me Not(After dark) denotes titles with themes that may be considered triggering or controversial. Check trigger warnings before reading.Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram & tiktok)Stitch and Adrie talk about Kinktober, fandom, and A03.Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram & tiktok)Adrie and Stitch talk about heteropessimism, Sabrina Carpenter as a convenient scapegoat, and kink panic. Fiction:The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy by EL JamesThe Crossfire series by Sylvia DayPlacebo by Cuke SoapCliterary Book Club by van and gold boziIn the Doghouse by JusangNon-Fiction:On Heteropessimism by Asa Seresin (The New Inquiry)Intercourse by Andrea DworkinPornography and Civil Rights by Catharine MacKinnonThinking Sex by Gayle RubinPleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brownMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Adrie and Stitch talk about slavefic, romcoms as a response to feminism, and the attitudes of women in American culture throughout post-industrial history.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia HibbertNecking by Chris SalvatoreThe Jade Calhoun series by Deanna ChaseThe Demon Slayer series by Angie FoxTrue Beauty (manhwa on Webtoon, live action on Viki)Business Proposal (manhwa on Tapas, live action on Netflix)Non-Fiction:Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York CityEdward W. Said - Culture and imperialismMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Stitch and Adrie talk about kinktober, dark romance, Sinners and Stardust, and the nature off consent.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Steel Under SilkSadistic BeautyIn These WordsEatThe Princess of Gryffindor by Aurette (SSHG fanfic)Non-Fiction: censorship is coming for you next (& you're cheering it on)Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Saving the species, one human at a time.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Brides of the Kylorr series by Zoey DravenThe Clecanian series by Victoria AvelineClaimed Among the Stars anthologyThe Fireblood Dragons series by Ruby Dixon (but not the 10th one)Mates of Planet 25XA series by Merry RavenellMass Effect Andromeda Star-Crossed (CW TV Series)Superman (2025)The Jekh Saga by H. E. TrentThrawn by Timothy ZahnNon-Fiction:Difference Engine: Aliens, Robots, and Other Racial Matters in the History of Science Fiction by De Witt Douglas KilgoreMonster Theory (specifically chapter 1, Monster Culture) by Jeffrey Jerome CohenMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers