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With Bridgerton’s season three set to sweep us off our feet yet again, let’s take a look at how executive producer Shonda Rhimes pulls it off.
Romance and fantasy have long been bedfellows. But thanks to BookTok, ‘romantasy’ is trending – online, in bookshops and on bestseller lists.
Jodi McAlister is an expert in romance – and The Bachelor – in her day job. Her entertaining rom-com trilogy tells egalitarian stories of romance in the setting of a reality-TV dating show.
From Dance Academy to Wentworth, Australian TV experienced a boom of queer representation over the 2000s and 2010s.
Big classic romcoms feature alongside some rather more unexpected entries in our special Valentine’s movie list.
Jewellery and fashion accessories have been popular tokens of love for centuries.
Conventional stereotypes about romance portray it as a passionate, irrational game. Ancient philosophers, on the other hand, viewed love as something dangerous − but also enlightening.
These moving poems are a reminder that on Valentine’s Day, it’s OK to celebrate a broader definition of love.
The twist in this season of The Bachelors? One is a virgin. What does this say about how society – and reality television – frames virginity?
The scandal that engulfed the tempestuous couple from the beginning fed a media and public obsession that lasted for the rest of their lives.
Briohny Doyle picked up Lessons in Chemistry not for its sassy-romance cover – which this subversive international bestseller does not deliver – but because she heard it featured a ‘good dog’.
Their desire to pursue marriage abroad not only reveals their longing for a better life but also reveals the pervasive gender, age and class inequalities that continue to plague modern-day China.
Cecilia Rabess’s controversial debut novel explores race, politics and love in the time of Trump.
Despite greater gender equality, some women still prefer traditional gender roles in heterosexual relationships. We set out to discover why.
Six of the best books from 2023 to read this summer.
A scholar of ancient Greek philosophy writes about Aristotle’s timeless advice on how to nurture and keep friendships.
Early research finds that people get just about the same gratification from sexting with a chatbot as they do with another human.
The ‘talking stage’ is a lot like traditional ‘courting’ – with some online complications. Still, it can be a great way to test the waters with a potential partner and establish healthy boundaries.
The sudden removal of ‘erotic’ features from the virtual friend app has left lovelorn users high and dry.
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Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
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Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
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British Academy postdoctoral fellow, University of Warwick
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Professor of Social Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Lecturer, School of Psychology, Deakin University
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Post Doctoral Researcher, The University of Texas at Austin
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Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Digital Rhetoric and Writing Studies, University of Washington
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PhD, Paratexts in Genre Fiction, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Tasmania
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Professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University
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Professor of Philosophy, Rice University
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Northeastern University
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Lecturer in Communications and Media Studies, Monash University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
