Hot Girls Read Romantasy

Trademark attempts and controversial op-eds are bringing to light the overarching question of linguistic (& literary) "ownership"

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Yes, I know.

I had to. I couldn’t resist.

It’s only the middle of June and in the span of maybe just two weeks, the book world has been rocked by:

• Allie Rose Co. attempting (and failing) to trademark the commonly used phrase, “Hot Girls Read”, after …