Jess (she/her)

UVA Health, VCU Health halt gender-affirming treatments for minors - Virginia Business Listen to this article UVA Health and VCU Health systems have suspended all gender-affirming treatments for patients under 19 years old, after receiving a written opinion Thursday from Virginia Attorn...

great to know that when a fascist regime targets our children's healthcare, our healthcare providers will stand up and say "yeah fuck them kids lol"

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Reading a romance about a woman doctor in Belle Epoque Paris, fleeing the cops because doing care work for women’s health is illegal, and it’s just hitting a bit hard right now.

The Duke who Didn't by Courtney Milan An Asian couple embracing. His hand is on her neck, and they are leaning in to each other, touching foreheads.

That awkward feeling when you want to ask a girl to marry you, but she doesn't know your real name or the fact that you own her house and she owes you fifty-three years of rent. The Duke who Didn't by Courtney Milan

Jeremy Wentworth has been in love with Chloe Fong for as long as he can remember. Maybe it’s time he mentioned that he’s actually a duke?

The heroine is clipboard-dependent.
The hero has no idea what he's doing.
/jb

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In "news that makes it clear I should acquire a small hand-operated printing press a la a historical romance heroine (see: Lily, The Earl Who Isn't by @courtneymilan.com)" installment 473

It’s the first full day of the Trump administration and things feel exactly as bad as we expected them to. We have lots of work ahead of us, but I wanted to remind folks that we have prepared for this.

Shit

Yesssssss!!!

“Unfortunately, those in possession of unfair advantages see equality as a danger. They believe we want to take their power. They cannot see that we simply ask for parity. Power of our own.” -The Rakess, Scarlett Peckham

This is why these lists are so hard!

just finished a reread of The Rakess (audio) and damn if that wasn’t a perfect book for this day

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I’m copying her right now… 😂

I’m an authors note evangelist 😂

Excellent point!

Oh, also, hi! I’m Jess. I love (mostly historical) romance novels and believe they offer a powerful, feminist, inclusive, and joyful world for readers, plus killer author’s notes. I could say my favorite trope is class differences but we saw how that went with fave authors.

Lolll clearly we’re all really good at picking our faves anyway.

It’s perfect, legit perfect.

And I forgot Adriana Herrera! 🤦🏼‍♀️

Oh I like this game! My top 5 romance authors are:
Sherry Thomas
Sarah MacLean
KJ Charles
Courtney Milan
And rounding out the group: a tie between Erin Langston, Alexandra Vasti, and Joanna Shupe. (Lol pick only 5.)

Cleanse your timeline with these two

For anyone who missed our comfort reads panel yesterday and needs some comfort today, you can watch the recording here www.crowdcast.io/c/comfortrea...

KJ Charles and Courtney Milan are active on this app and that news got me here.

I’m staring at 3 books (one being the Rakess) and unable to make a decision. 😂