The Romantasy Empire

“The wildly popular fiction genre allows readers to talk openly about yearning, sex and desire. And it’s spilling over into their bedrooms.” NYT (Gift Article): Sex Had Become a Chore. Then They Started Reading Romantasy. (Then reading became a chore.) I joke, but this line stood out: “Ms. Morton went from having sex with her husband about twice a month before she got hooked on romantasy to being intimate with him twice a day.” (At this point, they probably need to read about ice packs.) “They have explored different power dynamics in the bedroom, tucking a set of black fabric straps under their mattress so Ms. Morton’s husband, Aaron, can handcuff her. Recently, he got so caught up in a bit of role-play that he accidentally pulled the railing off their stairs.” (Meh, big deal. Call me when you leave a Hey Kool-Aid shaped hole in the wall.)