{"id":74,"date":"2018-05-09T14:19:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T14:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamitycast.com\/dotw\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=74"},"modified":"2019-02-28T02:08:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T02:08:51","slug":"dick-week-ep-7-feels-weird-virgin-trope","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/calamitycast.com\/dotw\/podcast\/dick-week-ep-7-feels-weird-virgin-trope\/","title":{"rendered":"DotW: This Feels WEIRD: The Virgin Trope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 7: This Feels WEIRD: The Virgin Trope<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this week\u2019s episode Liz and Stephanie discuss (sadly without Duchess, womp womp) about the use of virgins in romance novels. 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