#extraiswings

It boils down to the fact that they're rooted in the idea of women being appreciated and respected and listened to in addition to being like, loved and sexually desired.

You know how there's a real trend of men all across the political spectrum abandoning their wives when they get sick? Like Newt Gingrich and John Edwards are both guilty of it not to mention millions of other men who aren't politicians! Conversely, Mitt Romney and Mark Kelly, one Republican and one Democrat, are both devotedly in love with their wives, even after their wives got debilitatingly ill, Ann Romney with MS, and Gabby Giffords after she was shot in the head and had to gain back her mobility. That in short is why their approval ratings with women, both conservative and liberal, are like double digits above their approval ratings with men across the political spectrum.

It's also basically the appeal about romance novels, like all the heroes in the books care about their female partners in that way, and moreover, through caring about their lovers/partners/wives, they become better people. It's not that the women in the books actively change the heroes into better men, it's that the heroes in the romance novels want to become better men for the heroines because the heroines believe they're capable of it. Does that make sense?

Also, MacLean once said, "There is perhaps no more rewarding romance heroine than she who is not expected to find love. The archetype comes in many disguises — the wallflower, the spinster, the governess, the single mom — but always with one sad claim: Love is not in her cards. She is too smart, too old, too serious, too sensible — and love is not for the sensible, after all."

You guys!!!! 🥺🥺🥺

Anyways, I’m very excited for Joanna Shupe’s latest book that comes out next Tuesday, The Lady Gets Lucky.

And, here’s a Jude video from last week of him chewing on my dad’s flip flop and refusing to give it to me (he gave it to me 5 seconds later obviously because he’s the best dog ever).