Jayashree (she/her/they)

From Bridgerton to Heated Rivalry, what’s the secret to a good book-to-TV romance? More and more romance adaptations are starting to appear – but what makes the translation from page to screen really sing?

In @aunz.theconversation.com today, @profromance.bsky.social and I have a piece about adapting romance to the screen. What makes a good adaptation?

From Bridgerton to Heated Rivalry, what’s the secret to a good book-to-TV romance? More and more romance adaptations are starting to appear – but what makes the translation from page to screen really sing?

In a (vain, probably) attempt to combat the flood of romance-illiterate Valentine's Day thinkpieces, I wrote two of my own this year - one with @profromance.bsky.social about romance adaptations...

Oh this is an amazing deal on a wonderful series

Friday's court order says ICE agents can't stop vehicles that merely follow them. Agents claiming a car is "obstructing" them isn't enough. Judge Menendez says they would have to be "forcibly" obstructing, requiring force or the threat of force. Decision: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

What an act of betrayal to the Hmong community by our own government. People who put their lives on the line during Vietnam.

JFC

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.

And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”

Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

Ongoing and obvious reminder that firing chemical weapons directly at people's heads like this *is* deadly force.

"Everyone in my part of Minneapolis is affected. On our streets, ICE is stopping people of color and demanding their papers. In America. US citizens do not have to prove citizenship to ICE. Yet people are being intimidated, some cases beaten up and detained, for requiring ICE to follow the law."

Tablet with cover of Grumpy Fake Boyfriend by Jackie Lau, surrounded by raspberries and pink popsicles. Cover: serious white man in white T-shirt.

Tablet with cover of Her Big City Neighbor by Jackie Lau, next to bottle and apples. Cover: side profile of tattooed Asian man, green background.

I have two ebooks that are always free at all retailers!

1) Grumpy Fake Boyfriend (Kwan Sisters 1)
2) Her Big City Neighbor (Cider Bar Sisters 1)

jackielaubooks.com/books/

If you're in the NYC area, I hope you will support this on Tuesday. I'll be there!

A poster for 'Falling in Love with Love: A History of Popular Romance: An Online Course' including front covers from the following books: Fantomina by Eliza Haywood, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, The Sheik by E M Hull, The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer, Tabitha in Moonlight by Betty Neels, Indigo by Beverley Jenkins, Hen Fever by Olivia Waite, The Isle of the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri

I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up!

Come and join us!

www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

EASY WAY TO HELP

We literally don’t need ICE for anything

Can confirm I have personally seen three attempts just today of agents in a convoy of ICE vehicles trying to snatch random POCs along Central Ave - and then being chased off by neighbors with whistles. It's blatant racial profiling.

Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:

CODE RED: ICE is currently going DOOR TO DOOR in Minneapolis and Saint Paul! You do not have to open the door for them without a JUDGE SIGNED WARRANT! Monarca: 612-441-2881 Immigration Law Center Detention Line: 651-641-1011 Warrants labeled "Form I-205" or "Form l-200" are *NOT* judicial warrants. You do not have to open the door for them

🚨⚠️🧊 MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL

New York City turned OUT.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️

NO WARS NO KINGS NO ICE HANDS OFF VENEZUELA SEr HANDS OFF OUR CITIES SUNDAY, JAN 11TH • 1PM • EAST 60TH & 5TH AVE

PROTEST TODAY (1/11)
Renee Nicole Good was murdered by ICE. Billions of $$$ are being funneled into more violence here and overseas. This is not a failure of the system; it is the system.

Join us to demand No Wars, No Kings, No ICE:
⏰ 1 PM
📍 East 60th St & 5th Ave

Learn more:
HandsOffNYC.com/jan11

It's not like policing works both ways. It only works one way. It only oppresses. It just might not be you, right now.

College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle

College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle https://theonion.com/college-campus-tour-ends-inside-unmarked-ice-vehicle/

Wilhoit's law:

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

Native American actor says she was detained by ICE officers who said tribal ID ‘looked fake’ Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stop

This has been going on for months - note that she discusses it happening not only to her, but also to her son and uncle, apparently in separate incidents.

I'm really proud of this article. Quyanakpuq @redped.bsky.social for including me on this project. In this discussion between 5 Indigenous academic women, we discuss the intersection between feminism and Indigenous studies, with lots of suggested readings that shaped our thinking in this area.

Happy Loving Day!

Will 2026 be kind to me by January 26th (a girl's birthday)? Thank you to those who helped with Pommy's transition. I had to start a gofundme account so I can travel to San Diego for a trial. Even if you can't give, please share. 1/2
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...

“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”

We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:

A great way to start the new year! Call on Hochul and your legislators to tax the rich to fund childcare!! act.ourtime.nyc/email-your-l...

They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York

"Mamdani walks in an older Jewish tradition. Not that of ritzy Upper East Side synagogues, but of so many of our great-grandparents: the socialist sweatshop workers who fought for a better and more beautiful world." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If you're going into Zohran's term thinking he's going to "give you what you want" and not thinking of this time as one in which it'll be easier to organize for what you want. . .

I'm afraid you will find yourself very disappointed

JPRS 2025 Wrapped! 🎆 Today marks the end of an exciting year for the Journal of Popular Romance Studies: we've published 5 articles, 1 Special Issue, 4 pieces in the Notes and Queries section, and 6 book reviews. Thank you to all authors and readers! We'll see you in 2026 for more #RomanceResearch.