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The Clinch
99% Invisible
Romance and Romance Covers Are Judging on the Very Best
As a young black person in the 19 eighties, nicol perkins didn't see herself on romance covers. Beverly jenkins gave the world the first truly steamy clinch cover featuring black characters. Over the next couple of decades, romance would continue to change with the times. Rape scenes disappeared almost entirely. The women in the books got more assertive and the men got in touch with their emotions.
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