ext_13655 ([identity profile] padparadscha.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] bloodyrosemccoy 2010-09-11 09:42 am (UTC)

And another thing!

... also, I am a little bothered by the whole sense that "It's okay! They're Amish!" like that makes the romance more acceptable and wholesome for, say, my repressed Mormon buddies--more because it reflects some weird judgments of both Amish folk and romance books in general. The same thing happens with historical fiction. Hence the term "pseudoporn."

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