Beyond Heaving Bosoms Quotes

“Anything written for an audience of mostly women by a community of mostly women is subversive, reflective of the current sexual, emotional, and political status, and actively embraces and undermines that status simultaneously.”
― Sarah Wendell, Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels

“really, is there a ruder thing to do than put someone down based on what she reads? It’s a classist, obnoxious, and utterly grotesque use of energy.”
― Sarah Wendell, Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels

“[...] all expressions of creativity have a structure at work within them, most particularly those who adhere to a classical form. All romances are the same in the same way that all choreographed ballets are the same. Each ballet is a written sequence of the same steps, but each performance is remarquably different [...]”
― Sarah Wendell, Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels

“May we all live Happily Ever After.”
― Candy Tan, Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels