#romance

Everyone loves shitting on the Romance genre, but quite frankly, if the men paid at all any spec of attention to the consent happening in those novels, the world would be a far better place. “is this comfortable? Can I touch you here? I need your full consent before we do this. Does that feel good? How do you feel?” You can find all those empowering questions, and more, in Romance novels everyone hates so much. #Romance #Bookstodon

I'm watching a time travel / past life / alternate timeline story (I'm being fuzzy on identifying details because I don't want to spoil it for anyone), and I've finally hit the beat where the female lead explains to the male romantic lead why she knows what she knows... ...AND HE BELIEVES HER. 🔥 This is truly one of my favourite tropes and one of the hottest scifi/fantasy + romance tropes of all time. Is this because women and other marginalized people are so rarely believed and supported by cis men / members of dominant cultural groups? Yes, it is: we are hungry to be seen and believed. Want to knock the socks off of marginalized people (or at least this girl)? Listen to us, believe us, and trust our authority and expertise regarding our lived experiences (vs mansplaining, gaslighting, ignoring, etc.) This is truly top tier hotness and sexiness. 💋 *If you want to share your recommendations for stories with these kinds of dynamics in the mentions, please put them under a CW so there are no spoilers for people who want to leave that as a surprise. Ta! 😘 @bookstodon@fedigroups.social#Movies #Bookstodon #Romance #TimeTravel #Fantasy #SciFi #Kyriarchy #Intersectionality #SocialDynamics #Relationships

The Love Hypothesis https://www.npr.org/2026/09/28/nx-s1-5980098/should-you-test-out-the-love-hypothesis #Books #Romance #NPR

Less than a month to the finale of my Nebula Award Finalist & multiple BSFA Finalist Amethyst Lantern series! THE DAWN OF DUSK AND TWILIGHT begins in our era. Found family faces the end of the world to build anew: Preorder: https://jendiagammon.com/the-dawn-of-dusk-and-twilight/ #books #scifi #fantasy #romance

Two men's competing love for two women, an adult breastfeeding relationship and polyamory — the complete Leanna & Jannine trilogy. https://books2read.com/b/bwMRzO #erotica #romance #polyamory #adultbreastfeeding

Interview with Della Strickland, Author of DeAnna's Do or Die Author interview for DeAnna's Do or Die (Sunrises of Love Book 1)… https://www.newinbooks.com/interview-with-della-strickland-author-of-deannas-do-or-die/ #AuthorInterviews #Romance

Hello, Mastodon. I’m Elian Veyre, a fantasy romance author writing about memory, longing, sacrifice, and magic with a price. 🌿 My first story is The Weight of What We Keep—about a sacred grove that holds generations of memories and a woman facing an impossible sacrifice. I’m here for fantasy, books, storytelling, and strange worlds. If you could preserve one memory forever, what would it be? #Introduction #Fantasy #Romance #Books

Your reminder that cis-trans couples exist(and can have healthy, satisfying, and amazing relationships). #cistranscouple #romance #love #loveislove #relationships

Looking for FREE* Romance, all subgenres but with a focus on Paranormal, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, or Suspense, and ranging from sweet to spicy? Check out this Bookfunnel event - 180+ authors brought you their best! https://bf.sophiemaddon.com/september_loves/f4hai6cwkw #ebooks #books #bookstodon #FreeBooks #Romance #RomanceBooks #YA #YALit #YAbooks #romantasy #NoSpiceRomance #NoSpiceBooks #SweetRomance #PNR #ParanormalRomance #FantasyBooks #NoSpiceFantasy #ClosedDoorRomance #OnlyKisses #spicy *free with newsletter sign-up

Steamy #Contemporary #Romance. Like it real without losing the #steam? Then these are for you. Come look.

Oh for fuck's sake what is wrong with these people? " #Calibre 9.14 introduces more #AI features, including the ability to generate #book covers using AI with different cover styles such as #romance, #scifi, pulp #fiction, etc., as well as #Anthropic and #Grok backends for #Claude and Grok models..." I love Calibre and have used it for many years but what it needs is a UI facelift, not this. 🤦‍♂️ https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-14-open-source-e-book-manager-is-out-with-more-ai-features #genAI #AIslop #foss

Hi Mastodon — new here, mostly to talk about a sci-fi romance novel I'm drafting: ZERO ATMOSPHERE. Sixty domed cities are all that's left of Earth. Two salvagers have spent ten years lying to (and for) each other. Chapters 1–6 are done, more coming. Mostly here for snippets, worldbuilding, and process talk. Nice to meet you. #introduction #books #writing #indieauthor #scifi #romance #amwriting #bookstadon

Pharmacy run and medical tests done for today. Ahh, the joys of disability😝 Stopped at the bakery on the way home, and got some treats for my sweetheart. She's happy, I'm happy🥹🥰 #disabled #love #plural #romance

Polyamorous / Monogamous poll time! @VulpineDruid@bardicperspiration.club and me were talking abt how we'd feel about being someone's "third;" u know, joining an existing relationship. We kind of separate "would hook up" and "would romantic", so I was kind of wondering... How do you all feel? Expand in the comments if u like! (Fixed poll) #polyamorous #monagomous #romance #sex #dating

Polyamorous / Monogamous poll time! @VulpineDruid@bardicperspiration.club and me were talking abt how we'd feel about being someone's "third;" u know, joining an existing relationship. We kind of separate "would hook up" and "would romantic", so I was kind of wondering... How do you all feel? Expand in the comments if u like! #polyamorous #monagomous #romance #sex #dating

Are you looking for character-driven fiction, stories that stay with you after you read the last sentence? Check out this BookFunnel event, 70+ authors brought you their work for FREE: https://bf.sophiemaddon.com/friendship-fiction/cbhskrlwfs #Books #Bookstodon #FreeBooks #Contemporary #ContemporaryFiction #Uplifting #UpliftingStories #cozyMysteries #Romance #SFF *free with newsletter sign-up

Had a solid, helpful conversation with a person who Knows A Bunch Of Shit about organizations and systems, about subtle but clear problems in liberal/progressive organizations of leadership getting authoritarian and pissy while insisting they aren't. For example, leaders refusing or just declining to use within-organization expertise to address problems because that increases power of the rank-and-file and therefore reduces the relative power of the leadership. Anyway, it's awesome to have someone around who knows things and is deeply thoughtful about this stuff. It is a nice bonus that sometimes they meet up with you and have long smooches. #organization #systems #power #romance

It'll be a super busy weekend for me, so I wanted to make a spicy poll that might actually be awk to answer. But I mean, u delightful weirds want like... tentacles and stuffs so I'm like... "what do I ask?" Then I knew. Make it super sketch and awk. Lol. So... come into my spicy poll and confess, u weirds! (And tell ur crush / confess in the comments!) #NSFW #Spicy #Crush #SecretCrush #Polyamorous #Polyamory #Romance #Sex You:

Zendaya and Tom Holland's decade-long Spider-Man romance in pictures https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4kel0yv11o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #Celebrity #Entertainment #Romance

#booksky #books #Kindleunlimited #thriller #suspense #romance #novels #geopolitical #mythological #darkromance #women #contemporary #fiction #fantasy #crime #amazon #sifi #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #author #readers #indie