Love, Actually?

The Washington Post announced this weekend that it's launching a wedding section. I'm having a moment of guilty, 27 Dresses-esque, pleasure. Everyone likes fairy tales.

Or do they? Another story today follows up Janice Radway's famous study, "Reading the Romance," which investigates women's escapist reading of romance novels. Sales figures are way up--but on this count of cultural preference, I'll diverge.

While there's an attractive escapism (for me) in peeking into the glamorous lives of others, romance novels make me cringe. Sort of like horror movies. (It's hard to put a finger on it, but I suppose it has something to do with the suspension of disbelief.)