Janice Radway, one of my professors in college, was studying the behavior and meaning behind romance novels’ readership for her book, Reading the Romance. Her research found that many
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My Most Romantic Classic Movies List
When you find yourself alone with a feeling of hopelessness and nothing but a pint (okay, a tub) of ice cream to assuage you, perhaps a classic movie that
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Want Romance? Dig Ditches, Buy Underwear
It’s not often that Philosophy, fancy lingerie, and mass transit collude to bring about romance. But they, and a cast including Monty Python, Martin Luther King, God, and an
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Remembering Bob-Daddy
Toward the end of his life, one of my heroes, George Bernard Shaw, was asked what person in history he would most like to have been. His response was
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My Perverted Feelings for Mr. Rogers
I have unclean thoughts about Mr. Rogers. I’m not kidding, or trying to be cute. (Who in their right mind would think wanting to mount Mr. Rogers is “adorable”?)
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I Didn’t Want to Give Up, SO I Gave Up: How I Found My Husband
I didn’t think I’d ever be married, and I doubt anyone else did either. First, I am what people generously term, “a character.” (I don’t think I am, but
