2025-01-03 12:09:55

How a community of romance novel readers became activists: ‘opened my world’

Many people in ‘romancelandia’ have rallied voters through podcasts and phone banks – and joined school boardsJody Lee had long toyed with getting into politics. She spent years working at the US state department before moving to Mercer Island, a suburb of Seattle, with her family. The 57-year-old threw herself into volunteering; sometimes, people asked whether she wanted to run for the local school board. But Lee never felt ready to make the leap.Until she started reading romance. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/03/romance-books-activism

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