Empowering Women through Romance Novels

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I saw this cool article on a link from Marta Acosta's Vampire Wire blog and thought I'd pass it on. The author had some great things to say about romance and the community. Of note:

Piñeiro feels that romance novels are more accessible to ordinary readers than other literature.

“I feel that romance is more malleable in changing the face of culture. It’s a viable way to reach many people. Part of what I’m doing is getting a message out,” she said.

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One of Piñeiro’s latest novels is a paranormal romance titled “Holiday with a Vampire”. She believes that the paranormal romance genre creates some of the strongest female characters.

“The paranormal section is one of the hottest subgenres today. You can see alpha-women [characters] who are not perfect, but they’re making their own decisions to reach the happily-ever-after that they choose. And that’s empowering women,” she said.
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She also mentions the HQN Presents line near the beginning of the article and, considering there's a similar current discussion going on here at AW, I thought her comments were interesting.

Here's the full article.
 
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