Pages and Prejudice
A podcast exploring the romance genre in fiction and media, hosted by Stitch and Adrie Rose, two black femmes with academic backgrounds. Each episode dives into romance novels, tropes, trending titles, fanfiction, social media, and cultural analysis with humor and critical insight. The show also offers sex-positive perspectives and encourages listeners to ask better questions about love stories.
Episodes
E80: Trope Court with Sanj Basker and Tyler McCall
Show Notes:All tropes are innocent until poorly written.Adrie and Stitch are joined by guests Sanj Basker and Tyler McCall — co-hosts of the Radio 831 podcast from 831 Stories — for a special Trope Court episode. Each of the four participants comes prepared to deliver a full-throated legal defense of a romance trope they believe is misunderstood. After each defense, the other three deliver a verdi
E79: I Support Women’s Wrongs - Fandom and Readers Hate Unlikeable Women
Show Notes:I don’t have to like her, I understand her.Adrie and Stitch tackle the "unlikable female character" discourse head-on, tracing how fandom, publishing, and film consistently punish women and female characters for the exact same flaws that make male anti-heroes and rough heroes beloved. Drawing on academic work — from A.W. Wheaton's concept of the "rough hero" to Adriana Clavel-Vázquez's
E78: You're Not Gay Enough - Bisexuality, Sapphics, and WLW Erasure in Romance
Show Notes:You can be bisexual, but only if you’ve never touched a man. Adrie and Stitch tackle the endless discourse around books "mismarketed" as sapphic when their bisexual leads also sleep with men. They break down what sapphic actually means, why bi women get treated as secretly straight (or not queer enough), and how "gold star" purity tests and political lesbianism collapse into transp
E77: My Opp, My Man - Dramione, Zutara, & the Enemies to Lovers Industrial Complex
Show Notes:My man, my man, my man… is trying to kill me.Adrie and Stitch are joined by pop culture critic and video essayist Princess Weekes to dig into the enemies-to-lovers trope across anime, fanfic, and romance publishing. They trace their earliest ships (Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Dramione, SwanQueen), argue about what modern romance gets wrong when it "mismarkets" itself as enemies to l
E76: What’s in a Name - Romance, Erotica, Fairy Porn, and Smut
Show Notes:If I had a nickel for every time someone reduced the entirety of the romance genre to “smut,” I’d have enough money to be my own billionaire book boyfriend.Adrie and Stitch dig into the TikTok discourse around "smut," "fairy porn," and romantasy — a conversation that starts with why Adrie hates the word smut and ends with a rigorous taxonomy of romance, erotic romance, erotica, and porn
E75: Girl That's the Whole Plot - How Romance Marketing Became Trope Soup
Show Notes:Enemies to lovers, fake dating, one bed – go girl, give me… the entire story.Adrie and Stitch dive into the world of romance marketing — specifically, the increasingly common practice of selling books through exhaustive trope lists rather than traditional publishing shorthand. They trace how genre conventions evolved from Jane Austen to bodice rippers to the algorithm-driven Canva graph
E74: Paging Inmate Baby Girl - Captivity and Kink in Dark Romance
Show Notes:Everyone hates alpha-holes until the hero is a 7-foot tall, genetically modified war criminal being held captive in a secret underground lab.Content Warning: This episode includes frank discussions of dubious consent, non-consent, and other fraught power and relationship dynamics. Adrie and Stitch dive into the world of prison romance — a subgenre of romance and dark erotica center
E73: Leave the Mask On - Why Romance Readers Love Masked Men
Show Notes:Maybe he’s hiding emotional trauma, maybe it’s Maybelline.Stitch and Adrie dive into the world of masked man romance — a subgenre of dark romance and erotica centered on men (and occasionally other entities) who conceal their faces. Stitch, newly obsessed with the trope, breaks down its defining elements: the kinks involved (stalking, primal play, sex clubs, consensual non-consent), the
E72: Shameless Fandom - Ditching Guilty Pleasures and the Culture of Fan Shame
Show Notes:I am a freak and I am proud.Why are so many fans hiding their AO3 bookmarks, running private accounts, and apologizing for what they love? In this episode of Pages & Prejudice, Stitch and Adrie Rose dig into the culture of shame, guilt, and fear that has taken over fandom spaces — and why it's making everyone miserable. Drawing on cultural anthropology, Ruth Benedict's guilt/shame/f
E71: Second Chance Romance - Why Readers Love Love Stories About Trying Again
Show Notes:Go forth and live your best trope!Adrie and Stitch sit down with Maggie North, Canadian author and anesthesiologist, to discuss her latest novel Fossil Feud — an almost second-chance, contemporary romance set against the world of citizen science and paleontology. They talk about the science and history baked into the book, why romance deserves more credit as an intellectual pursuit, wha
E70: Manic Pixie Goth GF - the Commodification of Alt Girls in Media
Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to pagesandprejudicepod@gmail.com.Buy merch on Threadless or become a Patron to support the show!Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guests:Another Bad Salad (@anotherbadsald on tiktok and youtube) aka the Bob’s Burger’s ladyIt’s not a phase mom, this is w
E69: Leave Room for My God Complex - Kink Panic and the New Puriteens
Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to pagesandprejudicepod@gmail.com.Buy merch on Threadless or become a Patron to support the show!Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Leave room for Jesus, but it’s a 20 year old virgin on tiktok.Adrie and Stitch dig into how purity culture is making a come
E68: Graphic Romance - Hot Girls Read Webtoons Too
Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to pagesandprejudicepod@gmail.com. Buy merch on Threadless or become a Patron to support the show!Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)And what if I said erotica is a social good?From ukiyo-e erotica and Tijuana Bibles to webtoons and Kickstarter comic
E67: Kill Your Alpha Holes - The Rise of the Dark Romance Antihero
Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to pagesandprejudicepod@gmail.com. Buy merch on Threadless or become a Patron to support the show!Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guests:Ella Dawson (@brosandprose on bsky and instagram) is an NYC-based sex and culture critic and the author of But
E66: Make Me Want You
Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to pagesandprejudicepod@gmail.com. Buy merch on Threadless to support the show!Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Unfortunately, romance wouldn’t sell as well if the FMCs blocked the MMC every time he was annoying.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Sens
E65: That's My Emotional Support Cinnamon Roll
Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to pagesandprejudicepod@gmail.com. Buy merch on Threadless to support the show!Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)The pandemic emotionally dysregulated me and all I got was this cozy romance novel.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Brown Sisters tri
E64: What's Your Y/N?
Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to pagesandprejudicepod@gmail.com. Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)I accidentally made eye contact with Y/N and now HR is asking me to clean out my desk.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Love and Deepspace (yes, the entire mobile game)Non-Fiction:&n
E63: I Got a Pocket Full of Cheap Books
Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to pagesandprejudicepod@gmail.com. Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Quit tellin' everyone I"m dead!Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Highlander series by Karen Marie MoningThe Love at Stake series by Kerrelyn SparksThe Parasol Protectorate series
E62: Ship War of Theseus
Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to pagesandprejudicepod@gmail.com. Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)It is these damn phones.Music: HOLY MOLY by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, and support the hosts. Share the show with your friends, no ma
E61: Monsters on My Mind
Show Notes:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to pagesandprejudicepod@gmail.com.Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guests:Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is Dean of Humanities at Arizona State University and former co-president of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, the largest prof
E60: Hated It
Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Head empty, just complaints.Reading Recommendations:Read whatever you want. Godspeed.Music: HOLY MOLY by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, and support the hosts. Share the show with your friends, no matter where they l
E59: The Absence of Aging
Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Mommy? Sorry. Mommy? Sorry.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Role Playing by Cathy Yardley10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 (manga and live action show)Hot Nights at the Hot Springs, Secret Trip No. 241 by Sonoo MichiruTokyo Story, a film by Yasujiro Ozu
E58: Eat the Book Boyfriends, Pt. II
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Women don’t want billionaire boyfriends, they want 100% employer-covered health, vision, and dental and unlimited PTO.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Excess by Colette RhodesCinder’s Wolf by Sylvia FrostDesire in His Blood by Zoey DravenTerms and Conditions by Lauren A
E57: Eat the Book Boyfriends, Pt. I
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Women don’t want billionaire boyfriends, they want 100% employer-covered health, vision, and dental and unlimited PTO.Reading Recommendations will be in part II.Music: HOLY MOLY by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, and support th
E56: Let's Wrap it Up
Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Our gift to you is 2 hours of uncut yapping. Enjoy!Music: HOLY MOLY by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, and support the hosts. Share the show with your friends, no matter where they listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast
E55: Monster Lovers Anonymous
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 MoonH
E54: Gay Twitches! Gay Twitches!
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 G
E53: The Pickup a Book Artist
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 SmytheBoyf
E52: ARC Reaction
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 Weath
E51: Fandom Etiquette
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 W
E50: The Hemmings Don't Deserve Rights
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 p
E48: It's a Communal Fridge
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 IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, and support the hosts. Share the show with your friends, no matter where they listen to podcasts
E49: A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
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 go
E47: We Live in a Society
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 Calho
E46: I (Don't) Want it That Way
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 comi
E45: Once You Go Alien
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 2
E44: I Remember Chocolate
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Do you carry a lunchbox?Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Princess Diaries series by Meg CabotSailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi Gravitation by Maki MurakamiFantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyonthe Highlander series by Karen Marie MoningA Great and Terrible Beauty trilog
E43: It's Enough Pages
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)It’s a choice.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Meet Me at the Anvil by Kate PriorMy Orc Roommate by Veronika KaneSweetling by SE WendelMagical Midlife Madness by KF BreeneImpromptu Match (Goliaths of Wrestling) by Lily MayneAll Superheroes Need PR (Supers in the City) b
E42: I Didn't Make it For You
Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Well, I don’t say that you have to enjoy it!Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Dragons books by Katie MacAlisterGotten by the Gator by Lizzie StrongDaughter of No Worlds by Carissa BroadbentThe Fae Isles series by Lisette MarshallThe Boss by Jenny TroutEven
E41: parasocial dot ai
Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)I invited you into my home and now you’re mad about the curtains?Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Midnight Breed series by Lara AdrianMaybe the first 10-11 books in the The Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR WardNecking by Chris Salvatore The High
E40: Twilight's New Dawn
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)This is not what Joseph Smith had in mind.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz Mediator series by Meg CabotLana Harvey, Reapers Inc. by Angela RoquetImmortal Dark by Tigest GirmaBride by Ali HazelwoodMidnight Sun by Stephanie Me
E39: Hear Me Out
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Please clear my internet search history when I’m gone.Reading Recommendations:GamesMass EffectSilent HillNon-Fiction:Snape: A Definitive Reading by Lorrie KimMusic: HOLY MOLY by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, and support the h
E38: Small Town Witches
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)It’s pretty obvious that money was just a suggestion for the Halliwell sisters.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko KuiCherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard by Yuu ToyotaThe Virgin Witch by Face ParkThe Sweet Pea Mysteri
E37: Yankee Doodle Went to War
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)And they were [Confederate] soldiers.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Love at Stake series by Kerrelyn SparksThe Southern Vampire Mystery series by Charlaine HarrisThe Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa BroadbentThe Vampire Academy series by Richelle MeadThe Ghostwa
E36: I'll Eat You Up
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Whenever feasible, one should always try to eat the rude.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Fangs - Billy Balibally MADK - Ryo SuzuriThe Tiger Won’t Eat the Dragon Yet - Hachi InabaEat - NagabeA Sinner of the Deep Sea - Akihito TomoM41TO on BSKYNon-Fiction:Neo-Victor
E35: The Elusive O
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)WARNING: Explicit descriptions of graphic (and bad) sex and mild vore in this episode.The horrors persist and so do I.WARNING: Time stamps for potentially upsetting and/or disturbing material are below.20:55 - 23:01 Descriptions of an*l and vag*nal sex without proper h
E34: That MF is NOT Real
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)A playwright by any other name would be not Shakespeare.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:By Any Other Name by Jodi PicoultThe Queen's RealmNon-Fiction:Shakespeare Wrote Insightfully About Women. That Doesn’t Mean He Was One. by James Shapiro (The Atlantic)The Shakespear
E33: In Defense of Smut
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Man cannot survive on loathing alone.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Mating of ElvesEyeletThe BondservantLady & MaidCold Blooded Beast (Full Version)Silver Foxed by Kayla GrosseGuarded by the Snake by Layla FaeGotten By the Gator by Lizzie StrongMy Orc (Fake) B
E32: My Girl's Got a Girlfriend
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guest Host:Our guest this week is Deepa (no pronouns), who has been in fandom since age 13 and interested in sapphic media and femslash just as long! Deepa co-hosts a Pretty Little Liars podcast with Deepa’s friend Cameron called “Don’t Forget the Chickpeas”. Deepa is
E31: How Did She Get on the Boat
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guest Host:Saeed Jones is a poet and cultural critic. His most recent book, ALIVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD, won the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Poetry. He co-hosts VIBE CHECK with Zach Stafford and Sam Sanders. In Acrimony… how did she get on the boat????Rea
E30: I Blame the Mouse
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)You’re telling me a beast built this library?Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Deliciously Dark Fairytales series by K.F. BreeneThe Wicked Villain series by Katee RobertOf Roses and Rituals by S.L. PraterThe Taming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice writing as A. N. Roq
E29: Heaving Bosoms
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)What, exactly, is a female presenting nipple and why can’t I find it on a shelf?Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Spell of the Highlander by Karen Marie MoningThe Midnight Breed series by Lara AdrianTo Ravish a Rogue by CM NascostaHow to Win My Husband Over by spice&
E28: Why Do You Act Like That?
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)You can excuse racism?Reading Recommendations: Fiction:Haru Wo Daiteita/Embracing Love by Youka NittaTouch My Little Brother and You're Dead (webtoon) by Cheolmujangmi and Toonga, original novel by MorphoThe Maid by Nita ProseThe Crazy Rich Asians series by Kevin
E27: We Need to Talk About Yapping
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guest Host:Jeanne, aka Fangirljeanne, is a media critic, author, and geriatic fangirl who has been pissing people off on the internet for decades. She’s on almost every social media plaflorm (@Fangirljeanne), but since the untimely death of Twitter she spends most days
E26: F**k Them Kids
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Since when is “breeder” a slur?Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic by CM NascostaWarriors of Luxiria series by Zoey DravenAlpha Horde series by Milana JacksAs Morning Falls by Teddy RadiatorThe Gilded Cage by ApollinaVLow Tide in Twilight by eu
E25: Crime and Punishment
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guest Host:Jeanne, aka Fangirljeanne, is a media critic, author, and geriatic fangirl who has been pissing people off on the internet for decades. She’s on almost every social media plaflorm (@Fangirljeanne), but since the untimely death of Twitter she spends most days
E24: Harlequin Renaissance
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)OPEN THE SCHOOLS!Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Like a Butterfly by suu Morishita A Villainess for the Tyrant by Yoo IranThe Sicilian’s Stolen Son (manga edition) by Lynne Graham and Shion HanyuScheme by Colette Rhodes (part of the On the Shelf series)Penelope &a
E23: Quality Control
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Do not cite the “bad smut” to me, witch. I was on Ao3 when it was written.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Total Eclipse of the Heart by Dani GalliaroThe Prince’s Dearest Guards by Beau van DalenThe Princess in the Henhouse by mieun-lee, Samyeon, DOHAThe Plated Prisoner series b
E22: Race Isn't Real
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guest Host:Naomi Lucas is an indie author who’s been writing sexy romance since 2016. She loves being creative whether it’s with painting, writing, or making little jingles about her dogs, Barracuda and Mahi Mahi. A mother since 2020, a wife since 2013, her son and hus
E21: You're Not as Smart as You Think You Are
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Watch out boys, we got us a real intellectual here.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Necking by Chris SalvatoreThe Claws & Cubicle series by Kate PriorPerfect Buddy by DakiKiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight by Rin MikimotoMusic: HOLY MOLY by Shane IversNow you can grab som
E20: (I Am Untethered) My Rage Knows No Bounds
Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guest Host:Hanna Phifer (@writtenbyhanna on instagram, thought daughter)One time, my therapist told me to ask myself, “Do you know why you’re angry, or do you just think that you should be.” And I took that personally.Reading Recommendations:Fiction: May I A
E19: Guilty Pleasures
Hosted by: Adrie Rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok) Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guest:Sanj (@baskinsuns on twitter, instagram, and tiktok, scratch paper on substack)Sanj (she/her) is a PhD student and bookish content creator living in New York. She studies health, sex, gender, intimacy, and bodies, sometimes in the real world and sometimes in ro
E18: Hold the Door
If you'd like to skip the gynaecological talk this week, we get to the actual episode at 10: 15.Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)You do know that you can read something else, right?Reading Recommendations:Fiction: Morning Glory Milking Farm by CM Nascosta A Blue Ribbon Romance by CM Nascosta The Tempting Monsters series by Kathryn Moon The Smash A
E17: I Never Had a Chance
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)
Guest Host: Kit (twitter | A03)
[fandom] after [doing bad thing] because [something vaguely related to the aforementioned fandom].
Music: HOLY MOLY by Shane Ivers
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E16: Get Out of My Room
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)The grass has never been more touchable.Reading Recommendations:Non-Fiction: authors in reviewer spaces. let’s discuss. (reads with rachel on YT) i am a goodreads bully (reads with rachel on YT) authors behaving badly (playlist by reads with rachel on YT) Talking About Authors and Reviewer Spaces (A Critical Dragon on
E15: The Lost Art of the RomCom
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)You have to do whatever I say, because I'm all you got! And I want... a BIGGER ROOM! I want a closet like Big made for Carrie in Sex and the City, I want a Labradoodle, and a nice camera to take PICTURES OF US!Reading Recommendations:Fiction: Beware the Villainess Fake Around and Find Out by S.M. Shade Ogami-san
E14: The Swirl Agenda
Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)Loving v. Virginia has done irreparable harm to our society. - Hanna PhiferReading Recommendations:Fiction: Courtney Milan’s Cyclone Series If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie My Dear Agent by Ebino Bisque First Kill (Netflix) Interview With the Vampire (AMC+) A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole Rebekah Weatherspoon’s
E13: If Villain, Why Hot
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)I don’t want to fix him, I want to make him worse.Reading Recommendations:Fiction: Literally anything Loki Reynard writes, I fear Shade’s Embrace by Olivia Riley The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent The Sins Series by Eve Silver Lord of Popula
E12: Hoist the Colours
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)Since when is shipping the worst thing a fandom can do?Music: HOLY MOLY by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, and support the hosts. Share the show with your friends, no matter where they listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
E11: The RWA Reckoning
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)“Since we all live in the universe, it is well worth remembering that underneath the outer dressing of ethnicity, color and gender, we are all the same. Showered with the gift of stars.” – Vivian StephensReading Recommendations:Non-Fiction:Inside the Spectacular Implosion at the Romance Writers of America (Jezebel)The
E10: Star Struck Romance
Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)Stealing is very bad and also illegal.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Cinder’s Wolf by Sylvia FrostSprinkled in the Stars by Violet MorleyIf the Boot Fits by Rebekah WeatherspoonWhile We Were Dating by Jasmine GuilloryDaytime StarI didn’t Mean To Seduce the Male LeadSeoulmatesOnce Upon a K-PromMuse on FameMy
E09: Cringe to Classics
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)I don’t know what you expected.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:The Princess Diaries series by Meg CabotDune by Frank HerbertThe Lunar Chronicles by Marissa MeyerCarry On by Rainbow RowellThe Mortal Instruments by Cassandra ClareAssistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole MaehrerAlchemised by SenLinYuLegacy of Orisha seri
E08: Into the Omegaverse
Show Notes:Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)Guest Host: Rogue (twitter, A03)May I offer you a Plan B in these trying times?Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Tadaima, Okaeri by ICHIKAWA IchiSurge Towards You by Cheongyeon (Lezhin)Love is an Illusion by @13.fargo on IG (Lehzin)The Sweetverse series by Kathryn Moon and Lana ColeI've Become an Omega Tod
E07: Florid Fantasies and Turgid Tumescences
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)This one will get us cancelled, for sure.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:Inheritance by Devin GraysonDracula: Norton Critical EditionsThe Midnight Breed series by Lara AdrianThe Love at Stake series by Kerrelyn SparksThe Mead Mishaps series by Kimberly LemmingOnce again, literally anything by Milana JacksCM Nascosta’s
E06: But Daddy I Love Him
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)When you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.Reading Recommendations:Fiction: Twisted Series by Ana Huang Naga Brides Series by Naomi Lucas Hoarded by the Dragon by Lillian Lark There Arose Such a Clatter by CM Nascosta Sweet Pea Mysteries Series by Kathryn Moon Litera
E05: Heaux Tales
Hosted by:Adrie Rose (bluesky, twitter, instagram) | Stitch (bluesky, instagram)I do not dream of labor, but if I did, it would be written better than this.Reading Recommendations:Fiction:A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn MoonA Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. HigginsSugar Daddies by Jade WestMoney Shot by Tim SeeleyAsumi-chan is Interested in Lesbian Brothels! By Kuro ItsukiDuches
E04: It's All Greek to Me
Do you think the gods stay in Olympus because they too live in fear of the horniness they've instilled in us?Recommended Reading:Neon Gods by Katee RobertElectric Idol by Katee RobertWicked Beauty by Katee RobertCirce by Madeline Miller (not romance)The Rose by Tiffany ReiszGods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips (not romance)Out of Practice Aphrodite by SE BabinA Touch of Greek by Tina FolsomDe
E03: Happy to Hate You
Hater’s Anthem by Infinity SongI love the way it feels to be a haterSomething so sweet about thinking that I'm betterJust to wake up every morningLay in bed and somehow never, ever rise to the occasionOr even hold up under pressureBut we all know that it doesn't even matterIf I waste away and no one thinks I'm cleverJust as long I've got my egoAnd it tells me I'm superiorI coul
E02: Kissing Kin
The episode where Adrie doesn't kinkshame Stitch (or anyone) (much).Reading Recs:Fiction: Harley Takes the House Villain Duke's Precious One The Newbie Princess Doesn't Want a Game Over! Survive Through the Power of Simping Post-Possession Damage Control A Stepmother’s Marchen Angel Sanctuary The Viridescent Tiara Vassalord From Superfan to StepsisterNon-Fiction: Gothic Incest: Gen
E01: The Monster Mash
Why does no one know what a knot is anymore?Qn8BS9LgW30Te1NcGbAbHosts:Adrie Rose (bsky & ig) & Stitch (bsky)Recommended Reading from the Episode:The Monster Theory Reader by Jeffery WeinstockMonsters in the Closet by Harry Benshoff Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale by Catherine OrensteinCM NascostaHeather GuerreKathryn MoonMilana JacksR
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