Biography
Queen of the Pulps
2019·205 pages
A biography of Daisy Bacon, editor of Love Story Magazine, exploring her influence on romance pulp fiction and personal struggles.
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A biography of Daisy Bacon, editor of Love Story Magazine, exploring her influence on romance pulp fiction and personal struggles.
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""Daisy Bacon, the opinionated, autocratic and complex editor of Love Story Magazine from 1928 to 1947, chose the stories that would be read by hundreds of thousands of readers each week. The first weekly periodical devoted to romance fiction and the biggest-selling pulp in the early days of the Great Depression, Love Story sparked a wave of imitators that dominated newsstands for more than twenty years. Disparaged as "love pulp," the magazine actually championed the "modern girl," bringing its ...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Bacon's long-term affair central; romance pulp themes discussed
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore depicted
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Recurring themes of women's career independence and modern gender roles
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Brief historical references to Victorian poverty in magazine context
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