Sanjana airs a pet peeve&mdash;the "didn't feel realistic" critique&mdash;and she and Tyler make the case that exaggeration is one of romance's best tools. Then Adrie Rose, a former sex worker and editor of the book of essays I Hate My Job, joins to talk about how the genre handles sex workers (not well) despite being kind of obsessed with writing them. And: Sanj completes her Tyler-assigned homework and comes back thrilled by The Pairing by Casey McQuiston, and especially by the line "the Kierkegaard of cock." <ul> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.adrierose.link/">Adrie Rose</a> edited and contributed to <a href="https://www.workinggirlspress.com/store/p/mo78l0k3jipo4h6dtqmg8tt2zrhv6t">I Hate My Job</a> and cohosts the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/lk/podcast/pages-and-prejudice/id1741262953">Pages and Prejudice</a> podcast. Her recs: the TV show <a href="https://www.hulu.com/series/harlots-18edbd1f-3e9f-46a0-8dc4-02ff7b1eef63">Harlots</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/games-with-the-orc-kathryn-moon/7c62cf168ce84a24?ean=9781959571179&bkshp-astro=t">Kathryn Moon's Monster Smash Agency series</a>, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/hawk-march-mm-fantasy-romance-charlie-amen/840fc6f0953c72d6?ean=9798275129700&bkshp-astro=t">Charlie Amen's Hawk & March</a>.</li> <li aria-level="1">Sanjana's homework: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-pairing-casey-mcquiston/0297e50a76e35f83?ean=9781250862747&bkshp-astro=t">The Pairing by Casey McQuiston</a>.</li> <li aria-level="1">From Sanj: For more on &ldquo;realism&rdquo; vs. &ldquo;truth&rdquo; vs. &ldquo;performance&rdquo; vs. &ldquo;artifice,&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href="https://chickyven.substack.com/p/performance-and-artifice">here&rsquo;s an interesting bit of writing</a> from Vicky of the Chicky Substack from a more film-crit angle.</li> </ul>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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