tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post3603591057651304532..comments2023-06-20T07:47:24.386-05:00Comments on The Spiced Tea Party: IndependenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-11888837284443102072007-07-07T00:43:00.000-05:002007-07-07T00:43:00.000-05:00I agree with everything you guys have said, but I ...I agree with everything you guys have said, but I still think we have a long way to go. As do a lot of men. For example, I think the mantitty aesthetic reveals a similar erotic immaturity as a lot of the Playboy stuff I grew up with, for example. <BR/><BR/>Not to knock erotic immaturity completely, because eroticism is also where we get to indulge some interesting primitive parts of ourselves. But more diversity, less compulsory heterosexuality, less conformism on the part of what publishers think people might want would also be nice.Pam Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357928783704661668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-76892020227796499482007-07-07T00:40:00.000-05:002007-07-07T00:40:00.000-05:00Bear is pretty awesome. I have to pick up "Whiskey...Bear is pretty awesome. I have to pick up "Whiskey & Water", but I think I might have to wait until I get back from National.<BR/><BR/>/end-fangeek!<BR/><BR/>Good points on not being so worried on what others think!Celia May Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124733975264957145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882241647734848746.post-43763065323285833582007-07-06T23:32:00.000-05:002007-07-06T23:32:00.000-05:00Well, man-titties aside, I don't think romance, or...Well, man-titties aside, I don't think romance, or erotic romance, are in any sort of direct opposition to feminism. Especially erotic romance. For me, the fact that this genre is so enormously popular among women right now is a direct result of a sort of evolution in how we perceive ourselves as women. We are much more accepting, on a societal level as well as an individual level, of ourselves as sexual beings. It's always been fine for men (from the dashing rake to the rock star)but now it's fine for us, too, and I like it! <BR/>I write dirty, dirty books. I have for over twenty years, and I'm grateful there is finally a market for my work. If we, as women, still spent our lives limiting ourselves to what other people approved of, no matter how narrow-minded the view, how many of us would even have gone to college? Played baseball? Pursued corporate careers? And I certainly wouldn't have a writing career.<BR/>And just because you mentioned it, I'm a bit star-struck now that you've mentioned you know Elizabeth Bear! Anne Groell at Bantam turned me on to her work recently, and I think she's freakin' brilliant!<BR/>Okay-I'm tired and hope I'm making sense...aside from the fan-girl gush. *G*Eden Bradley-Eve Berlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705754924725420546noreply@blogger.com