BookTok romance books are bad for women… sort of
The romance community on Booktok has grown in notoriety far beyond the bounds of TikTok, giving rise to many-a-think-pieces across the world wide web. In this video, I explore the internet's reaction to this community and its controversies - from those worried about the state of literature to those concerned for the poor little women who seem to inhale one Colleen Hoover tome after another - hoping to definitely answer the old-age question: are romance books bad for women?
timestamps:
00:00 - intro
01:17 - everything wrong with romance booktok
02:03 - is spicytok to blame for book overconsumption?
03:50 - the writing is bad, but is that a surprise?
06:07 - the misogyny question
06:59 - the most unhinged romance novels
09:11 - if booktok is a cult, who are the cult leaders?
11:46 - the hockey player thirsting debacle
14:50 - spicy books: the questionable gateway to female sexual liberation?
17:32 - madame bovary syndrome and the moral panic over the female psyche
Videos referenced:
Swell Entertainment • the cult of booktok
With Cindy • Does the romance genre have a white suprem...
• How BookTok's thirst invaded a family's li...
Khadija Mbowe • The thirst double standard, harmless or h...
Casey Aonso • Exploring the Insane World of Colleen Hoov...
• Exploring the Insane World of Colleen Hoov...
Jack Edwards • booktok hockey smut: what the puck is goin...
Annamarie Forcino • BookTok Has A Boundary Problem
Alice Cappelle • toxic role plays keep romanticising abuse
Articles and other sources:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/...
https://www.insider.com/guides/health....
https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm...
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://...
https://www.npr.org/2011/07/07/137675...
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releas...
https://www.theguardian.com/games/202...
https://www.verywellfamily.com/aggres...
https://literariness.org/2016/11/18/p...
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