Comment by Sea_Lingonberry_4720 on 28/01/2025 at 00:28 UTC

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My problem isn’t women read more, it’s that publishing houses and bookstores cater almost exclusively to women, specifically the booktok market. Barnes and noble almost solely promotes porn now. Sorry, I meant “spicy dark romance”.

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Comment by blueberryfirefly at 28/01/2025 at 01:26 UTC

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you have never stepped foot in a bookstore

Comment by Just-Philosopher-774 at 02/02/2025 at 21:40 UTC

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they put those books front and center because they're basically the equivalent of softcore porn for women who like reading but idk what bookstore is almost entirely romance novels lol