Normal People by Sally Rooney (and the Hulu adaptation) is a love story that may or may not be a romance novel, a story that might be hopeful even if it’s bleak, but who could say if it represents all millennials, who live in a post-love, post-Tumblr society? Shelf Love’s Youth Culture Media Correspondent Dame Jodie Slaughter helps me decipher what Normal People has to say about love, romance, marriage, and millennials, all through our lens as romance novel readers.-Thanks to the contributors to this episode:Instagram friends: @charlotteevaah @boysandmonsters @dbabyfilarskiDiscussed:Normal People by Sally Rooney & Hulu adaptationShelf Love:Join the Conversation on Discord: https://www.patreon.com/ShelfLoveSign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Patreon | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeEmail: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.comGuest: Dame Jodie Slaughter, Shelf Love’s Youth Culture Media CorrespondentWebsite | Twitter | Instagram Advanced Nerdery:WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? ROMANCE AND INTIMACY IN AN AGE OF HOOKING UP by David ShumwayChapter in The Routledge Companion to Romantic Love Edited by Ann BrooksNarrative Impact: Social and Cognitive FoundationsEdited by Melanie C. Green, Jeffrey J. Strange, Timothy C. Brock