i read 7 romance books in 7 days to fill the void

love is in the air but I’ve got my face mask on.

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😭 what happened to your intro? it got copyrighted ://///
🤠 how old are you? 23!
📆 when is your birthday? 18th october 1998 (libra)
🎓 where did you go to university? i studied english at durham!
🔎 where do you live? paris, france
💼 what is your job? research assistant in the publishing industry
🎥 what do you film with? lumix gh5 + canon g7x
👾 what do you use to edit? final cut pro

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[kellyrosalyn]

jack's disclaimer about the misogyny surrounding romance novels, the necessity for representation -- they are both so important! thank you for always speaking out against these issues, you're a gem x

[BetteDavis]

"I was hoping the book would give me a papercut just so I could feel something" -- I'm going to quote this to my future grandchildren. Masterpiece.

[syflthfia]

"We all pick up and read books for different reasons. That doesn't mean anyone is right or wrong or more intelligent and highbrow than anyone else. And if you have a really great time with a book, that makes it a good book."

[bethchasie]

"one dimensional characters who are conventionally attractive"
"the author was just ticking tropes off a checklist at random"
YES JACK say it louder for the people in the back!!!!

[mws]

8:09 “honestly, I was wishing this book would give me a paper cut just so I can feel something”
This is my favorite quote lol

[willsolacemahsaamini]

Author: *focuses on the actual plot*
Jack: THE SMURF COLLECTION

[shanyasharma]

This guy smashes patriarchy everytime, the way he quotes T Swift and that top notch humour. SUCH A KING!

[chideraobagaye]

Just watched Jack say “if you’ve never had to think of it then lucky you” twice in two different videos. Go Jack !!!

[kreskova]

In regards to body types in romances, I'm also annoyed occasionally by how much emphasis is put on how teenie tiny tea-cup sized the female lead is because somehow being tall or average height spoils the fantasy

[hannahheartspaperbacks]

“If we cut some of the details about the sex, maybe we could have had more about the Smurf collection.” Is it weird this just moved up on my TBR? 😂

[ilyqd]

"I've had more tension with my morning granola" It is absolutely impossible to not love Jack

[joellem]

Honestly as a female I want a romance with an average described male. It puts unrealistic expectations on both females and males. But same goes for female descriptions they are always so put together and never ever deal with female average body issues. Hopefully we get to see more of that representation. Cause it’s honestly same description over and over. Guy is tall with muscles, girl has perfect skin, hair. And it’s almost always green eyes for female and blue eyes for male like it’s the only two colors out there.

[meikusje]

I really appreciate that you mentioned the limited diversity in the male characters of romance novels. Boys also develop bad body image and all the mental crap that comes with that from not seeing themselves represented as the 'desirable' type. Having the 'desirable' characters all fit within the same mold feeds toxic masculinity as well.

[catcreme]

''maybe we could cut out some of the sex and develop the smurf collection.'' as an asexual I wholeheartedly agree.

[thepaintingplant]

I almost started crying when you said the main character in the kiss quotient is autistic. I feel like it's so hard to find literature with autistic people who are actually similar to me, who are afab, and not portrayed as robots or people without emotions or just problems for their parents to try and "fix". It really goes to show how important and rare good neurodivergent representation is

[shunnniee]

"gorgeous gorgeous girls read the books about love even though no one loves them" jack I assure you that you weren't the only one who giggled ur humour is just off the charts 😭

[khalilahd.]

“It feels like love is in the air and I’m wearing a face mask” the perfect way to describe a good romance read lol. Also the love puns are hilarious! the dad humor is top tier 😭💜

[khalilurtrahman]

0:47 jack being a cultured king
3:25 Seven Days In June
6:12 The Spanish Love Deception
8:22 The Hating Game
11:00 One Last Stop
13:14 Honey Girl
14:58 The Kiss Quotient
17:24 Shipped

[mikaeelahmad]

Thank you! As a male reader who is often interested in romance, I am tired of the constant sexualization and objectification female authors dump on the male love interests. Especially with the Hating Game. If we are (rightfully) as a community focusing on denouncing the objectification of female characters by male authors, then that same standard should be held for male characters by female authors as well.

[shesellsseashells]

0:57 Exactly! I remember being a massive fan of One Direction 8-ish years ago and my brothers and dad would always make fun of me for it or call their music bad. I never understood that because they never listened to their music or watched interviews with them in it so I couldn't see how they'd formed their opinions. When I grew older I realised that they didn't need to hear the music to dislike it, they were going to say they disliked boybands anyway because it was apart of what it meant to be a man to them.