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"My gaze darts poignantly to the key ring hanging on his bloodstained belt."

Say what?

It's "My gaze darts pointedly to the key ring hanging on his bloodstained belt." Jeez. O.o

I want to be annoyed with the editors, but come on. The author studied English literature, but even if she hadn't, I assume she, ya know, reads.

"Online harassment [of women] is a form of public gender-role enforcement, rather like dragging a loud-mouthed woman to the stocks in the town square, clamping a scold's bridle on her mouth, and throwing rotten vegetables at her. [...] In November 2019, several of the eighteen female members of Parliament who announced that they would not seek reelection the following month reported that the [MORE BELOW]

"Catherine the Great so transgressed the boundaries set by the Patriarchy that it retaliated by creating the infamous lie that she had died at the age of sixty-seven while trying to have sex with a horse . . . "

I want to laugh, but I can't. If this sounds hilariously ludicrous, it's merely one of many sexual-depravity accusations leveled at countless female leaders throughout history and continuing into modern day.

"My house. My chair. My woman." <-- I've reached peak anger over the author's eroticization of a jealous and murderous male romantic lead. Possessive jealousy is not proof of love. Physical aggression is not hot. This kind of man is not a safe man. And yet depressingly, this series probably owes much of its popularity to reader swooning over the male lead. Required reading after this ought [BELOW]