Ella Dawson
@brosandprose.bsky.social
sex & culture critic. author of BUT HOW ARE YOU, REALLY. host of the REBEL EVER AFTER podcast about progressive romance novels. survivor. she/her.
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@brosandprose.bsky.social
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hey! does anyone want to buy my book? it comes in beautiful hardcover or the charming newly updated ebook with fresh artwork!
BUT HOW ARE YOU, REALLY is about two exes who have big time unfinished business at their five year college reunion.
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BUT HOW ARE YOU, REALLY is about two exes who have big time unfinished business at their five year college reunion.
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I am desperate to talk about the latest On Cinema episode holy shit
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I am desperate to talk about the latest On Cinema episode holy shit
I love my cat so fucking much
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I love my cat so fucking much
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Hello! Annoying news! I’ve been informed by work that due to an investor delay I am not going to be paid on time. I need to pay my rent and internet/phone and eat, so if you can give me a hand, I can pay you back in the next few weeks when my pay shows up. Thanks!
PP: @StellaSacco
CA: $sacc
PP: @StellaSacco
CA: $sacc
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hello! Annoying news! I’ve been informed by work that due to an investor delay I am not going to be paid on time. I need to pay my rent and internet/phone and eat, so if you can give me a hand, I can pay you back in the next few weeks when my pay shows up. Thanks!
PP: @StellaSacco
CA: $sacc
PP: @StellaSacco
CA: $sacc
I love this book so much.
you can hear me gush about why Olivia Dade is in a league of her own during our conversation on Rebel Ever After!! open.spotify.com/episode/57gP...
you can hear me gush about why Olivia Dade is in a league of her own during our conversation on Rebel Ever After!! open.spotify.com/episode/57gP...
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I love this book so much.
you can hear me gush about why Olivia Dade is in a league of her own during our conversation on Rebel Ever After!! open.spotify.com/episode/57gP...
you can hear me gush about why Olivia Dade is in a league of her own during our conversation on Rebel Ever After!! open.spotify.com/episode/57gP...
where are my Broadway heads at, can we laugh about this together please
'The Queen of Versailles' never should have existed in the first place — the Siegels are HORRIBLE people who should have remained niche villains of the 2008 financial crisis, not given the Broadway musical treatment.
'The Queen of Versailles' never should have existed in the first place — the Siegels are HORRIBLE people who should have remained niche villains of the 2008 financial crisis, not given the Broadway musical treatment.
‘Queen of Versailles’ to Close as New Broadway Musicals Struggle
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
where are my Broadway heads at, can we laugh about this together please
'The Queen of Versailles' never should have existed in the first place — the Siegels are HORRIBLE people who should have remained niche villains of the 2008 financial crisis, not given the Broadway musical treatment.
'The Queen of Versailles' never should have existed in the first place — the Siegels are HORRIBLE people who should have remained niche villains of the 2008 financial crisis, not given the Broadway musical treatment.
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SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE is warm, cozy, & out today. I hope you love it! 💗
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
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The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE is warm, cozy, & out today. I hope you love it! 💗
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
Really disappointing. The NYPD parks their cars like shit outside of every precinct office and it's an insult to New Yorkers who deserve to walk down the sidewalks we pay for.
EXCLUSIVE: NYPD Rejects Ending 'Self-Enforcement' Scandal at Precinct Houses - Streetsblog New York City
Police brass are refusing to implement a major reform recommended by city probers earlier this year. And the agency won't say why.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Really disappointing. The NYPD parks their cars like shit outside of every precinct office and it's an insult to New Yorkers who deserve to walk down the sidewalks we pay for.
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Sorry to everyone who thinks there should be fewer romances involving grief, but we all just lived through a mass death/disabling historical event with absolutely zero public rhetoric about it (or the fact that it’s ongoing) and grief romances is one big way we’re all Working That Out
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sorry to everyone who thinks there should be fewer romances involving grief, but we all just lived through a mass death/disabling historical event with absolutely zero public rhetoric about it (or the fact that it’s ongoing) and grief romances is one big way we’re all Working That Out
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My Marry Me, Juliet trilogy are all set on the same season of a covid-impacted reality show, and you can bet some people Did Not Like It. Wholeheartedly agree that loss and grief are being processed more obliquely in a lot of romance.
I wrote a rom-com that acknowledged covid (Chick Magnet), and that was a... polarizing choice. So I absolutely believe it's getting sublimated into other varieties of loss and grief.
Shorter version: people are using cancer in romance backstories because it’s less fraught than using covid: discuss
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My Marry Me, Juliet trilogy are all set on the same season of a covid-impacted reality show, and you can bet some people Did Not Like It. Wholeheartedly agree that loss and grief are being processed more obliquely in a lot of romance.
I’m watching THOUGHTS & PRAYERS on HBO and it’s such an indictment of the country and our worship of the second amendment. The gun training simulation for teachers… what a goddamn deadly joke. Arming teachers will just get kids accidentally killed.
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I’m watching THOUGHTS & PRAYERS on HBO and it’s such an indictment of the country and our worship of the second amendment. The gun training simulation for teachers… what a goddamn deadly joke. Arming teachers will just get kids accidentally killed.
Zoey got microchipped tonight, everyone say good job Zoey!!
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Zoey got microchipped tonight, everyone say good job Zoey!!
In this month's newsletter: a hockey romance I actually enjoyed, my Miles Teller fixation, my niche one-sided beef with an extremely popular romance author, and my new writing project:
November 2025: Guess who is WRITING AGAIN! (It's me.) | Ella Dawson
Get more from Ella Dawson on Patreon
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November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In this month's newsletter: a hockey romance I actually enjoyed, my Miles Teller fixation, my niche one-sided beef with an extremely popular romance author, and my new writing project:
honestly refreshing to see this type of organic stupidity completely removed from politics. just a horribly dumb take from a 20-something without the foggiest comprehension of back issues
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
honestly refreshing to see this type of organic stupidity completely removed from politics. just a horribly dumb take from a 20-something without the foggiest comprehension of back issues
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What makes a romance novel "escapist" — a world totally removed from our current trash fire, or a story about people finding love and community within the trash fire?
Listen to my conversation with @marisakanter.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/4aKi...
Listen to my conversation with @marisakanter.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/4aKi...
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What makes a romance novel "escapist" — a world totally removed from our current trash fire, or a story about people finding love and community within the trash fire?
Listen to my conversation with @marisakanter.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/4aKi...
Listen to my conversation with @marisakanter.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/4aKi...
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One of the coolest days in NPR-land is here! Books We Love, the gigantic compendium of bite-size book reviews publishes today. Under staff picks, you'll see my take on books about Desi Arnaz and Lorne Michaels. But there's much more to love here. READ: https://loom.ly/DqKKH90
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One of the coolest days in NPR-land is here! Books We Love, the gigantic compendium of bite-size book reviews publishes today. Under staff picks, you'll see my take on books about Desi Arnaz and Lorne Michaels. But there's much more to love here. READ: https://loom.ly/DqKKH90
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I'm on track to cross the 20k words line tomorrow!!
a woman is clapping her hands in a room while wearing a black dress and hoop earrings .
ALT: a woman is clapping her hands in a room while wearing a black dress and hoop earrings .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I'm on track to cross the 20k words line tomorrow!!
This is classic conspirituality wellness grifter stuff. Deadly and thriving!
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is classic conspirituality wellness grifter stuff. Deadly and thriving!
this is all I have ever wanted from life
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
this is all I have ever wanted from life
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It’s very funny to me that he apparently considers this detail exculpatory www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It’s very funny to me that he apparently considers this detail exculpatory www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
I can’t get over how bad the rebrand of MSNBC is.
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I can’t get over how bad the rebrand of MSNBC is.
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#RomanceClass is doing another ebook reader-stuffing event from November 22 to 24! Get your free ebooks here (including one of mine!)
romanceclassbooks.com/free/
romanceclassbooks.com/free/
Free ebooks and short stories by Filipino authors (November 22 to 24, 2025) - #romanceclass
Welcome to the RomanceClass Kilig for Free page! These books are free to download for a limited time. Some sites automatically run the giveaways based on different time zones, so if you see that the b...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#RomanceClass is doing another ebook reader-stuffing event from November 22 to 24! Get your free ebooks here (including one of mine!)
romanceclassbooks.com/free/
romanceclassbooks.com/free/
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This week was terrible: RFK Jr. put autism/vaccines at center of CDC website; ACIP is about to tank the birth dose of HBV vaccine; loans for public health/nursing degrees just got cut. I cannot express the white hot hatred I have for these people. Get on the phone. Call your representatives.
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This week was terrible: RFK Jr. put autism/vaccines at center of CDC website; ACIP is about to tank the birth dose of HBV vaccine; loans for public health/nursing degrees just got cut. I cannot express the white hot hatred I have for these people. Get on the phone. Call your representatives.
the annoying horn player in my building has been at it all day
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
the annoying horn player in my building has been at it all day
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WAITER: Drinks for the table?
ME: I'll have a Diet Coke
WAITER: Ooh, I'm so sorry, we only stock Pepsi products
ME:
ME: I'll have a Diet Coke
WAITER: Ooh, I'm so sorry, we only stock Pepsi products
ME:
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
WAITER: Drinks for the table?
ME: I'll have a Diet Coke
WAITER: Ooh, I'm so sorry, we only stock Pepsi products
ME:
ME: I'll have a Diet Coke
WAITER: Ooh, I'm so sorry, we only stock Pepsi products
ME:
I'll never forget when this guy spoke at the TED conference via HOLOGRAM (yes, it was a stupid stunt that looked like shit).
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'll never forget when this guy spoke at the TED conference via HOLOGRAM (yes, it was a stupid stunt that looked like shit).