Mills & Boon romances are actually feminist texts

15:35 - 30 August 2016

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"Mills & Boon romances should be considered as feminist texts that are literature of protest rather than mere escapism."

In a report published on The Guardian UK, academic Val Derbyshire insists that Mills & Boon romances should be considered as feminist texts that are literature of protest rather than mere escapism.

Val Derbyshire said the books should be read by women and men with pride rather than guilty embarrassment.

“It is such a shame that they have been so vilified, and that people treat them as trash and the black sheep of the literary family,” she added.

“There really is literary value in them, which is why I continue to read them.”

“They are definitely not anti-feminist,” she argued. “These are novels written primarily by women, for women – why would they set out to insult their target audience? It doesn’t make any sense.”