Ep. 445 What's a Shadow Daddy? with Jess Lee
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Ep. 445 What's a Shadow Daddy? with Jess Lee

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 20261 hr 2 min
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Today on The Stacks, we’re joined by Jess Lee, DEI consultant, friend of the pod, and the reader behind the Instagram, Literary Intersections. We chat about the popularity of romantasy, the meaning of tropes like Shadow Daddies and fae, and why Jess thinks the genre might be making people dumber. Our book club pick for October is Last Chance Live! by Helena Haywoode Henry. We will discuss the book with Jess Lee on Wednesday, October 28th. You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks website: https://www.thestackspodcast.com/2026/10/7/ep-445-j...

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I just think that there is an assumption that romance is like cliche and flighty and smut and blah, blah, blah, blah. And sure, there are some pieces that are that, right? And I don't think that that's a bad thing.

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But whenever I push back, there's so many comments that I get that are like, Barack reads real books. And I'm like, well, what do you mean by that? And I think that's bullshit.

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Welcome to the stats, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host, Tracy Thomas. And today we are joined by book influencer and friend of the podcast, Jess Lee. You might know her as the reader behind the Instagram account of literary

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