The Novel:
Pink Slip (The Spies Who Loved Her #1)

The Author:
Katrina Jackson

The Not-so-Noobie:
Julie Moody-Freeman, Host of the Black Romance Podcast
IG: @blk_romance
Twitter: @blk_romance

Show Notes:
- Introducing Julie Moody-Freeman, professor and podcaster
- Teaching Black Romance, Black Love, and Romance & Race: a few of Julie's courses
- Black Romance from Brenda Jackson to Beverly Jenkins, Alyssa Cole to Maureen Smith
- Podcasts as a digital archive and resource material
- Launching the Black Romance Podcast as an oral history for Black Romance (00:11:05)
- The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction
- The commonalities amongst Julie's interviews/research
- Love as a universal theme
- Introducing Pink Slip, a polyamorous spy romance (00:26:21)
- Previously reviewed Katrina Jackson books on Boobies & Noobies (listen now): Grand Theft N.Y.E. and Office Hours
- Julie's interview with Katrina Jackson on the Black Romance Podcast
- Synopsis for today's book: Pink Slip
- If James Bond and his wife wanted to f*ck their receptionist...
- Normalizing "diverse" characters within romance
- Challenging stereotypes and gender roles within a queer relationship
- Exploring a "lived-in", established relationship - a marriage NOT in trouble (00:45:57)
- Referencing Bell Hooks' All About Love
- Expecting EVERYTHING from one partner
- A few steamy sexcerpts (01:00:32)
- Heart, Humor, & Heat Ratings for Pink Slip (01:04:45)
- Don't forget some oil...
- Bringing the "fun" into spy romance
- A little James Bond talk: Idris Elba vs. Regé-Jean Page (01:12:46)
- #KatrinaJacksonSummer

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