Commodification and Fetishization in Romance Writing with Tasha L. Harrison

How do we refer to people? Are those words they would use to refer to themselves?

Food comparisons are commonly used in writing when describing black and brown skin tones for humans. But how does it feel to be talked about as if you were a commodity?

Romance author Tasha L. Harrison returns to discuss problematic -isms and word choices that show up in writing and how those choices condition you to take those unconscious attitudes out into the world with you.

In this discussion:

Examples of how problematic language and tropes illustrate the -isms in romance How whiteness shows up as the default in media Why readers struggle with “unlikeable” heroines Taking publishing’s problems with race public

Connect with Tasha:

TashaLHarrison.com Wordmakers Writing Community Twitter: @TashaLHarrison Instagram: @TashaLHarrison

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