9/28/2018 0 Comments 318. Sharp Academics and Paranormal Romance: An Interview with Kelly Baker PhD and Tressie McMillam Cotton PhDToday I’m talking with two nifty academics, so get ready to maybe take notes. I’m talking with Tressie McMillan Cottom, PhD, sociology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Kelly Baker, PhD, who studies racist politics, sexism in the academy, white supremacy, and zombies. Both are writers, and both are major fans of paranormal romance. They snuck paranormal romances to read during grad school, they hid their love of romances, and dealt with being shunned and shamed for loving the genre. We talk about how reading fills in gaps in knowledge about culture and history, and we also discuss: – How romance and genre fiction broadened their understanding of worlds outside their own – Their take on anyone who can or tries to remove the politics from anything – including historical romance – The idea that history can somehow not be political (?!) – The ways that romance, specifically fantasy and paranormal romance, interrogates race, society, gender, and colonialism – and the ways that it does not – The politics of escape fantasy in different romance genres – The politics of who is permitted to get angry in a written world Plus we take a hilarious deep critical dive into Dr. Cottom’s love of Hallmark movies – and how they are talked about as “unpolitical” as well. She talks, after some prodding, about how she reads Hallmark films. Here’s a hint: they’re alarmingly similar to a very specific romance genre, and it’s not contemporary. Get ready to have your mind blown and also laugh a lot, too. Read the transcript↓ Press PlayHere are the books we discuss in this podcast:You can find Dr. Cottom on Twitter at @TressieMcPHD and on her site at https://tressiemc.com/ You can find Dr. Baker at @Kelly_j_Baker, and on her website, kellyjbaker.com. If you like the podcast, you can subscribe to our feed, or find us at iTunes or on Stitcher. We also have a cool page for the podcast on iTunes. Thanks to our sponsors:More ways to sponsor:Sponsor us through Patreon! (What is Patreon?) What did you think of today’s episode? Got ideas? Suggestions? You can talk to us on the blog entries for the podcast or talk to us on Facebook if that’s where you hang out online. You can email us at [email protected] or you can call and leave us a message at our Google voice number: 201-371-3272. Please don’t forget to give us a name and where you’re calling from so we can work your message into an upcoming podcast. Thanks for listening! This Episode’s MusicOur music is provided by Sassy Outwater. This is “Passport Panic,” by the Peatbog Fairies, from their album Dust. You can find all things Peatbog at their website, or at Amazon or iTunes. Podcast Sponsor
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