![]() ![]() ![]() The originally self-published author shot to fame through her book being reviewed and raved about on social media, ultimately pushing her into the zeitgeist of the early 2020s. One of the flag bearers of this genre is the darling of BookTok, a subgenre of TikTok videos where readers recommend and discuss fiction, and perhaps every critic’s worst nightmare– Colleen Hoover. What I have found to be a concerning trend lately is the rise in popularity of abysmally misogynistic pieces in the name of “dark romantic fiction,” so deeply rooted in problematic ideas that they are singlehandedly undoing years of work that activists have done educating young women, both on and offline. It took stepping into adulthood to let go of the idea and realize I was not playing a part in life and was rather my own person with a unique set of complexities, which were not there to aid a partner in their growth or to be romanticized for the plot. ![]() I was consuming an unhealthy amount of John Green and basically metamorphosing myself into the manic pixie dream girl trope – the girl who is so quirky, so infinitesimally apart from everyone around her that no one can comprehend her mystery and aura. ![]()
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