
Netta Baker
Advanced instructor in the Department of English at Virginia Tech who studies and teaches literature, offering scholarly analysis of romance and fantasy genres and their political implications.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 21min
Yes, romance is political too.
Princess Weekes, pop culture critic and video essayist who analyzes fandom and representation. Netta Baker, Advanced Instructor of English who studies literature and genre politics. They unpack romantasy’s rise, why it appeals to femme readers, how romantic tropes intersect with tradwife and fascist ideas, and how fantasy both challenges and reinstates real-world hierarchies.


