Disrespectfully, no.

In a world gone mad, we need Romance.

Feb 28, 2025

Silly and meaningless? Smut? Porn for women?

Disrespectfully, no.

Romance is not silly and meaningless, it’s not just smut, and it’s definitely not porn. Romance offers a reprieve and an escape to a better world nestled between the pages of a story where we all win.

A world where a father doesn’t speak of spanking his teenage daughter for her defiance, but rather supports and guides her on her way to independence.

A world where there’s no such thing as human egg farms, where teenage girls have guilt-free access to birth control, and teenage boys are taught it’s her body. Full fucking stop.

I want a world where men stand up when women are knocked down. Where women are cherished, and men guard their rights as full-fledged human beings and not someone you can grab by the pussy if your bank account’s as inflated as your ego.

I want a world where we don’t have to walk with our keys between our fingers, where a bathroom break isn’t a group activity, a world where the bear is feared and men are revered for their honesty, integrity, and honour.

I want to live in a world not only where my anonymous vote counts but my voice matters, a world where women’s health issues are decided by women who know where the uterus is located and understand the dangers of an ectopic pregnancy.

I want a world where a woman’s life is considered equally sacred to her unborn child’s, a world where miscarriage isn’t villainized, where men are held accountable to support the offspring they produce, and men who take what wasn’t freely given lose their freedom.

A world where sex is sensual and consensual and not just a means for a man to get off but an act of worship.

A world where women revel in their sexuality, and take ownership of all the words you’ve used to denigrate it.

I want a world where abortion is the exception, not the norm, because motherhood is supported, women are nurtured and protected, because men take equal responsibility for birth control, because women aren’t penalized in the workforce compared to their male counterparts should they choose to have children.

A world where abortion doesn’t balance on the other end of either from poverty, lack of education, and loss of opportunity. A world where pregnancy and motherhood isn’t a ticket to poverty.

A world where the children we birth don’t depend on school lunch programs but take safety, education, and a whole host of grown-ups at their backs for granted.

A world where trans rights are human rights, queer folk are just folk, and it’s the pedophiles and the rapists who are jeered and maligned.

I want a world where good men, strong men, ethical men who lead by serving thrive and earn respect through their actions. I want men who use their larger stature, louder voices, and greater strength for good not evil.

A world where a man can cry and grieve and rage with us against injustice and persecution. A world where a man can grow and change and shed his armor in those safe places where he can be soft.

A world where a man holds us in safety.

A world where we hold him in softness.

Disrespectfully, no, sir. No, ma’am. No to all you who cry for the book ban, I do not write smut, porn, or silly nonsense romance.

I write hope.

What would you add? What kind of world do you want to live in?