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1 members Created Sep 2026

Abstinence-only sex ed left a generation short on vocabulary for desire, but romance novels quietly filled the gap. From grocery-store Danielle Steel paperbacks to #BookTok's spice-rated shelves, the "smut" genre became an unofficial curriculum in pleasure, consent, and anatomy.

— via Literary Hub, Caroline Eubanks

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