Pages and Prejudice

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Tradwifery is just kink with extra steps. Monster romance is kink with no steps. Pick your fighter.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Clecanian series by Victoria AvelineThe Lady & the Orc by Finley FennTwo for Tea by CM NascostaGames with the Orc by Kathryn MoonHowl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn MoonThe Gargoyle from General Management by Kate PriorWarts & Claws Inc. Series by Clio EvansThe Mabon Feast by CM NascostaMe and My Beast Boss by ShiroinuWhy Don’t You Eat Me, My Dear Wolf by Ao KoishikawaNon-Fiction:‘I know I can’t live like this forever’: Meet the red-pilled men trying to quit the manosphere | GlamourThe Manosphere Rewired | EquimundoIs Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? | VogueWhat the Response to “Are Boyfriends Embarrassing?" Says About the Current State of Heterosexual Dating | VogueMonster Theory: Reading Culture by Jeffrey Jerome CohenOf Giants: Sex, Monsters, & the Middle Ages by Jeffrey Jerome Coheneveryone HATES a negative review by mynameismarinesBlumhouse Compendium of HorrorMonsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film by Harry BenshoffMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Every coven has has one witch whose real power is just emotional damage.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Brooms by Jasmine Walls, illustrated by Teo DuVallThis Poison Heart by Kaylnn BaronNon-Fiction:Rachel True Looks Back on The Craft | YoutubeThe SAD Truth About Kat Graham & All the Racism She Experienced on “The Vampire Diaries” | YoutubeA Black Women’s History of Hoodoo, Conjure, & Witchcraft | YoutubeMammy, Jezebel, Sapphire, and their Homegirls by Dr. Carolyn WestThe Evolution of Black Witches on Screen | YoutubeBlack Magic: White Hollywood and African American Culture by Krin GabbardUrban Fantasy 101: Magical Negros in the GenreMusic: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane Ivers

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 & 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