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grinding on ur girl to ur mothers funeral song this book is amazing im in tears

"i fall silent and try not to let his overpowering masculinity affect me" HELP??😭

ah yes, the inherent romanticism of... getting along?? perhaps even... being friends?

the straws straight people grasp on in order to invent tension🫩 nobody caaaares that u wanna fuck. in fact, it would be more interesting if your relationship was *actually* platonic🫩

WOAH there we were almost approaching nuance! kendall dont worry i can read between the lines and grasp at your rich inner life!! even if this man wont appreciate your efforts!!!

truly fascinating stuff going on here where this book is clearly aware of the politics it chooses to present and even criticize and yet reproduces the exact dynamics in constructing a fantasy of wish fullfilment. yes, (semi-)professional sports is a sphere of hypermasculinity in which women and femininity are simultaniously degraded and objectified and YET. what if real connection was possible under these conditions?

repeating it like a mantra "smutty romance is not the place for nuanced takes on gender politics in conservative and hupermasculine environments smutty romance is not the place for nuanced takes on gender politics in conservative environments smutty romance is not the place for nuanced takes on gender politics in conservative environments-"

feeling very conflicted about thisssss VALID discussion to bring up but pls not just to make this about "a few bad apples" in the notorious context of junior/ncaa hockey??? esp from the pov of a guy who was explicitly raised within this type of normalised abuse??? BRO THIS IS ABOUT YOU

ah yes the familiar and unique smell of [insert gender]

yeah bc thats so much less suspicious lmao my loser girl♡