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rachelmanija Jul. 2nd, 2006 10:31 am)
rachelmanija Jul. 2nd, 2006 10:31 am)Last night Oyce and I were checking out some of the Harlequin Presents' line, which falls into three often overlapping categories: Exoticised Ethnicities, Financial Fantasies, and Babies. For instance, The Greek Tycoon's Secret Baby. However, we noticed that there are only four types of Exoticized Ethnicities in the series: Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, and Sheikhs. This seemed unfair to other ethnicities, who do not get the chance to murmur random endearments in their own languages and be described as "dark-haired, dark eyes, almost black, and with a dark, deep, sensual smile."
To help us in our quest to right this injustice, please choose your favorite title or titles, then write a drabble (a story of 100 words) for it, or write the back cover copy for the book in comments.
Note to people who might wander in randomly: This is a parody of an old-fashioned yet extant romance genre, so some terms are in there because they are outdated, Orientalist, etc. No offense is intended to actual Peruvians, eunuchs. (But if we left out your own ethnicity, feel free to suggest a title.)
[Poll #760758]
To help us in our quest to right this injustice, please choose your favorite title or titles, then write a drabble (a story of 100 words) for it, or write the back cover copy for the book in comments.
Note to people who might wander in randomly: This is a parody of an old-fashioned yet extant romance genre, so some terms are in there because they are outdated, Orientalist, etc. No offense is intended to actual Peruvians, eunuchs. (But if we left out your own ethnicity, feel free to suggest a title.)
[Poll #760758]