How do romantic tropes and fantasies impact how you understand politics? You might be a fan of Romantic Fantasy, or as the internet calls it: Romantasy. Even if you're not, you would recognize the tradwives or fascism. Romantasies combine supernatural characters and plotlines with the rush of a whirlwind romance novel, and, in this episode, we're exploring how the politics of some of these books have an effect on politics in the real world. Brittany is joined by <a href="https://liberalarts.vt.edu/departments-and-schools/department-of-english/faculty/hanna-baker.html"target="_blank" >Netta Baker</a>,  Advanced Instructor of English at Virginia Tech, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Princess_Weekes"target="_blank" >Princess Weekes</a>, video essayist and online pop culture critic. They get into how this genre demolishes misogyny while reinforcing conservative politics. Support Public Media. <a href="https://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >Join NPR Plus.</a> Follow Brittany Luse on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmluse/?hl=en"target="_blank" >@bmluse</a> For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at <a href="https://www.npr.org/podclub"target="_blank" >npr.org/podclub</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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