I've been sitting on this for a little while, brewing my thoughts to get them just so. Usually, dear Biteyites, we discuss that rare-but-subversive woman known as the Mid-life romance heroine--and lack there of. Oldbitey is heavy into that big ol' taboo of fading beauty, saggy boobs, and gettin' funky with middle-aged sex. This year brings us to ( Read more... )

You have twitter, Katydidinoz, the lovelies at Fangbooks (www.fangtasticfiction.com/), and VaVeros from the Shallow Reader (shallowreader.wordpress.com/ ) to thank for this 2007 re-run on Romantic Comedies. Since then we've had a few rom coms--Thanks Hollywood for It's Complicated and Easy A, however, my rant to Tinseltown remains much the same as ( Read more... )

PhD research can lead you to a couple of interesting places. As you Biteyites know, I'm examining roles, representations of age, and non-traditional romance heroines. Part of what I investigate involves  applying conventions and certain constraints--the do's and don'ts of romance--upon romance and romance heroines.


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We've got a new catch phrase over at the Shrinky & Bitey homestead. Catch phrases are very important for us, very important to mankind and home life. Think about it. Honestly, where would we
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This being October, the month that ends with Halloweenie, I'm going to share a grisly horror story that Shrinky types out there might like to say
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The 70s Sci Fi gem Logan's Run is being remade!

Well, you know how it is. Everything old is new again. Unless of course if you're a human being, or more specifically, if you're a woman over 35.  Then you're a cougar, or evil stepmother, or matron, or dowager, or...you see where I'm going with this, don't you? If you don't, if you're not familiar to ( Read more... )

I'm sure you Bitey-ites know 1939 was a HUGE year for classic films. Historians and film buffs alike call it "The Greatest Year in film history," and If you don't know this, shame on you.  How could you possibly miss The Wizard of Oz? Gone With the Wind? Mr Smith Goes to Washington? The Women?  Have you been living in a cave on a Pacific desert ( Read more... )

Thanks to the internet, contact was made, success was mine. Kudos to you, Jenny Crusie. A big wave to DL!

Now, I wonder if I can connect myself to some other elusive human being--say Clive Owen. That whole six-degrees of separation started with a package posted through the US PO. So could I really, really and truly get a postcard to Clive Owen in ( Read more... )