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Ella Dawson

@brosandprose.bsky.social

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sex & culture critic. author of BUT HOW ARE YOU, REALLY. host of the REBEL EVER AFTER podcast about progressive romance novels. survivor. she/her. https://linktr.ee/brosandprose

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · May 4

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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The hardcover artwork of But How Are You, Really by Ella Dawson. A thick cream frame borders an illustration of the right side of a woman’s torso. She wears a denim jacket with a pin of the bisexual flag on the breast pocket, and a red name tag that reads, “A NOVEL, Ella Dawson.” Her blond ponytail is tucked behind the collar of her jacket. In the top left of the cover, cream text reads, “Can a college reunion restart your life?” The title of the book is centered in bright neon pink, “But How Are You, Really”.

the paperback artwork for But How Are You Really displayed on an iPad screen. It features a woman and a man walking toward each other on a college quad at night, an academic building in the background

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Perri @neonperri.bsky.social · 14h

Also, you know, they are Very Good books.

Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 14h

Why should you read Chloe Angyal's romance novels?

Four words for you: Sexy. Unionized. Ballet. Dancers.

Listen to our conversation here: open.spotify.com/episode/74E8...

“Ballet is a tradition-bound and hierarchical culture. One of those traditions is a top-down structure of authority. At the bottom of the hierarchy, you have a huge number of talented, motivated young people; way more of them than could ever possibly succeed. At the top, you have a very small number of decision-making people, almost all of them men. The sense of obedience and adherence to tradition is instilled in you every time you walk into a ballet studio. That's the kind of environment that breeds abuse of power.” - Chloe Angyal

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 14h

Why should you read Chloe Angyal's romance novels?

Four words for you: Sexy. Unionized. Ballet. Dancers.

Listen to our conversation here: open.spotify.com/episode/74E8...

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 14h

Why should you read Chloe Angyal's romance novels?

Four words for you: Sexy. Unionized. Ballet. Dancers.

Listen to our conversation here: open.spotify.com/episode/74E8...

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Claire C. Holland @clairecwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Great podcast episode about a romance novel I loved (Pointe of Pride by Chloe Angyal). Great, accurate rep of vaginismus, +it’s super hot.

I have vaginismus (mostly recovered but it’s still a factor for me during s3x); I wrote a review of this book a while back: lajayne.com/2024/07/book...

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 1d

I love Dave and White Meat!!!!!!!!

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 2d

This week on Rebel Ever After, how Chloe Angyal wrote a high-steam romance novel without any penetrative s3x in POINTE OF PRIDE.

Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/74E8...

“Then I was like, ‘I think I'm writing an entire high-heat contemporary romance with absolutely no vaginal penetration in it?’ I took the mission very seriously to make it as hot as humanly possible. It was important to me because there is a sense that vaginal penetration is the only ‘real’ sex. That it’s the kind of sex that ‘counts,’ that you can't have a fulfilling sex life without it, and that you will be perceived as ‘lacking’ as a partner if you can't provide it. It was really important to me to counter that narrative." - Chloe Angyal

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 2d

recession indicator

a screenshot of a facebook marketplace listing for $150 - selling my hair" with a picture of the right of a woman's torso covered in long wavy dark brown hair

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Defector @defector.com · 2d

No good art comes from greed: defector.com/taylor-swift...

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector

The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it…

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KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 2d

Chloe is a pal so I am biased, but her books are tightly paced capital-R romance that manage dislike-to-lovers in a way that's "we see the world differently and will oppose each other until we don't," that is a bit of a rare find in contemporary books.

Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 3d

This week's episode of Rebel Ever After features brilliant journalist and romance author Chloe Angyal! The third book in her Dancers Down Under trilogy comes out October 11th.

Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/74E8...

“It is always difficult to read about your own industry in fiction. There are so often inaccuracies that take you out of it. In some cases, there are gross violations of ethics take you out of it. It's not okay to sleep with a source if you’re a journalist, but it's a trope in pop culture and it drives me absolutely berserk. I think it undermines women in the profession, and it undermines people's trust in journalism." -Chloe Angyal

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 2d

This week on Rebel Ever After, how Chloe Angyal wrote a high-steam romance novel without any penetrative s3x in POINTE OF PRIDE.

Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/74E8...

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 2d

Buckle up, nerds, she's running for president.

MTG has been quietly positioning herself to be Trump's heir apparent. On paper, her moves have been savvy.

But there's one big reason it won't work. (Not a request for guesses. Read to find out!)

www.salon.com/2025/10/06/m...

Marjorie Taylor Greene's presidential aspirations are delusional

She's an outsider. But MTG is missing a key ingredient to win MAGA's votes

www.salon.com

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 3d

I have insomnia but I’m not alone with my insomnia ❤️

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 3d

I felt almost normal today, thank you

Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 3d

can’t sleep. so grateful for my cat who has kept me company while I’ve been isolating for 10 days while sick. adopt a pet if you have the housing and the financial means. it’s life changing.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 3d

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 3d

Kat I have so much I’d like to say about the record in our current political moment but it would literally hurt my career as a romance author to do so and I am so frustrated!!!!

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scary tall bart @tallbart.com · 4d

None of this seems good for our country

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 4d

wow 917,000 people have watched me brag about having sex www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcIl...

STIs aren't a consequence. They're inevitable. | Ella Dawson | TEDxConnecticutCollege

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for meeting my energy

Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 4d

Penicillin is a miracle drug, Alexander Fleming popped off forreal

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 4d

Holding space for the non-Swifties 🧡

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 4d

This week, a judge ruled that library users nor authors have First Amendment Rights when it comes to public school libraries.

The judge said a 1st grader could "just buy the book" removed from their school library.

Your rights are being taken from you.

bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...

Another Judge Chips Away at Library Patron First Amendment Rights

A District Court judge rules that neither library patrons nor authors have First Amendment rights when it comes to library collections.

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