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IMO: Is Romance Feminist?

 I'm back with another bookish thought post... Is Romance Feminist ?  Before I get into my response, I think romance is often positioned to respond to a lot of social issues and perhaps, this is where this question Is Romance Feminist is rooted in/coming from. I would like to plainly say, it's fiction so it doesn't have to be anything but that. Though I do think it helps that any fiction I consume it's not wilding out. So does it have to be feminist, no. Is it feminist? Hear me out... First, from what I can gather like many cyclical online discourses people use words interchangeably which is part of the problem. As in feminism/feminists means women's rights and it's not the same... So what is feminism?  Translation : political and social activism to fight against isms that disenfranchise marginalized HUMANS . The use of sex here is outdated and not representative of where we are in fully acknowledging humanity (but I digress). Because I don't want to make t

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