Now we get into it! Dating a people pleaser, the wheel of consent, finding who you are, the value and pain of empathy, and parting thoughts.

Watch on Youtube here.
Watch Part 1 here.

A deep dive analysis on the plot, characters and sexual ethics of Ali Hazelwood's Love, Theoretically. Featuring the sociocultural value of romance, the dangers of people pleasing, and a little bit of fiction as therapy.

Buy Love, Theoretically here.

Follow Ali Hazelwood on Instagram.

All quotations are read from 'Love, Theoretically' by Ali Hazelwood (2023)

Wheel of Consent was developed by Dr Betty Martin. They've got great resources and diagrams here: https://www.instagram.com/thewheelofconsent?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

"I'm Here" from the Color Purple: https://open.spotify.com/track/1w2k1OOCSy3ez40D3TQs7L?si=97ea30722a854932
(I cannot do this song justice. Please listen to it).

Here for more of a communal than professional space. Haven't got the time, aesthetics or equipment for polish, but got all the heart, thought, and soapboxes. Though, grr, the audio and in this one bugs me. Let alone the light. But well, we learn.

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Laura Bell (@littleLo) chats about her Ashwood series and revisits the writing of A Simple Deception—a historical romance that totally made me cry.

If you listen close enough, you can hear my necklaces clank as I press my hand to my heart with all the feels. Literally clutching my pearls over here. :)

Topics include the troubles of historical fiction. Slavery in the 1800s and today. Freedom. The vulnerability of writing. A romance writer’s high standards. Fighting against a whitewashed genre. The vulnerability of writing. Dating apps. Justice in fiction.

LittleLo's Ashwood Series:

• Book 1: A Solemn Promise
  
  
• Book 2: An Earnest Favour
  
  
• Book 3: A Simple Deception

And a Wattpad shout out to @Kassilassie for her killer western historical fiction on Wattpad and all the other writers spinning the stories we want far better than we ever could.

This is the last episode of this season! I hope to be back in September and if you’d like to hear from someone in particular, email me at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

If you have a sec, here’s a brief feedback questionnaire on this season. Let me know any and all thoughts. Like, how was your breakfast? Have any pets? Lol ;)