Oh I agree - we should all read outside our comfort zones. Part of my difficulty (and oursin's who I snatched the article link from) was that the novelist being interviewed no longer read outside her genre. I've always read everything I could get my hands on. And rarely stick with one author or one genre or one type - so I don't understand folks who do?
[I do admittedly go on binges - but it isn't quite the same thing. And I rarely just read one author (I get bored of them quickly). And my binges are usually explorations of the entire genre.
But alas, the majority of people do not. Or so I've discovered? A lot of people I know just read mysteries, or just read "literary", or just read non-fiction, or just read thrillers, or just read contemporary romance, etc. I'd think they would get bored after a bit, but apparently not.]
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Yeah, the sea change has been huge. There's a lot of homosexual, trans and lesbian romances on streaming now. Or series - HeartStopper is a huge hit on Netflix. Also series that feature heterosexual romances, with a homosexual or trans romance subplot are prevalent as well.
Add to that? They are mainstream now - not nitch. Smart.Bitches mainly promotes LGBTA romances on its site half the time. The people between the ages of 18-45 - prime marketing demo - expect it. A lot of the commercials and print ads now feature LGBTA couples or individuals. Huge sea change from the 20th Century and early 00s. (Albeit not unexpected.)
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I think that's the problem - there's no real protection. I do know of some in the US - which are "Private" and/or "Nudist Only" - or there used to be - in California and the Northeast.
The difficulty also is - if people discover a secluded great beach, that just happens to be nudist, they'll folk there - and wear swimsuits. In France, the beach I hung out on with the folks I was staying with was topless and not topless. Most if not all the beaches in France are like that. Some of the women went without tops, some went with them. And it wasn't a big issue. The French didn't understand the American issue with nudity. I don't understand it. Stupid Puritans. The European immigrants to the US were prudes.
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Date: 2023-08-13 01:41 pm (UTC)[I do admittedly go on binges - but it isn't quite the same thing. And I rarely just read one author (I get bored of them quickly). And my binges are usually explorations of the entire genre.
But alas, the majority of people do not. Or so I've discovered? A lot of people I know just read mysteries, or just read "literary", or just read non-fiction, or just read thrillers, or just read contemporary romance, etc. I'd think they would get bored after a bit, but apparently not.]
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Yeah, the sea change has been huge. There's a lot of homosexual, trans and lesbian romances on streaming now. Or series - HeartStopper is a huge hit on Netflix. Also series that feature heterosexual romances, with a homosexual or trans romance subplot are prevalent as well.
Add to that? They are mainstream now - not nitch. Smart.Bitches mainly promotes LGBTA romances on its site half the time. The people between the ages of 18-45 - prime marketing demo - expect it. A lot of the commercials and print ads now feature LGBTA couples or individuals. Huge sea change from the 20th Century and early 00s. (Albeit not unexpected.)
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I think that's the problem - there's no real protection. I do know of some in the US - which are "Private" and/or "Nudist Only" - or there used to be - in California and the Northeast.
The difficulty also is - if people discover a secluded great beach, that just happens to be nudist, they'll folk there - and wear swimsuits. In France, the beach I hung out on with the folks I was staying with was topless and not topless. Most if not all the beaches in France are like that. Some of the women went without tops, some went with them. And it wasn't a big issue. The French didn't understand the American issue with nudity. I don't understand it. Stupid Puritans. The European immigrants to the US were prudes.