First off, an apology for being so absent the last week. I've been road-tripping my way across the country and while this has been awesome, it has not really been newsworthy, so I just didn't have anything much to say. I'm boring. It's true.
But you know who's not boring? Fox News and the Mormons.
Item the First: Fox News equates women reading romance novels on ereaders with senators tweeting naked pictures of themselves and getting all porny online. (Be sure to take a glimpse of their classy - and not at all faked! - spread of "romance novel covers".) Let's all take a moment to appreciate their logic, shall we? (Are you appreciating? While you're appreciating, remember not to throw heavy objects at computer screens. They're delicate.) You know, I've heard the Girl Porn classification for romance many a time, but this is a new spin. Watch out, female congresswomen! You might be asked to resign because of that Julia Quinn book you downloaded to your Kindle last week!
WTF Number Two: Mormons! (Is everyone all psyched that The Book of Mormon won all those Tonys? I wasn't that jazzed about it until I heard it was a collaboration with Bobby Lopez of Avenue Q fame and then Oh Baby!) Anyway, a chickie from the LDS has proclaimed that romance novels are addicting (duh) and bad for you and your relationships (actually there have been studies showing the opposite but oooo-kay). And then the internet community commenced the smack-down. I love being called "unbalanced" by pseudo-psychologists because of my reading material, don't you? Worthy of a giggle, at least.
Have a great weekend, y'all!
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