Introducing… Smart Bitches After Dark!
We have a logo and everything, so it’s official now!
And you can register if you like! Come on in, the mayhem is delightful!
What’s Smart Bitches After Dark?
So glad you asked!
The short version: we’re creating a special area for SBTB supporting subscribers to have a little extra fun, be a little extra more themselves, and to keep the site open for everyone into the future.
The longer version: Smart Bitches After Dark is an opportunity for community support.
We’ve been hanging out for almost 20 years, and the internet has changed a lot in that time: how we use it, how we talk to each other, where we go to find one another, and how to sustain businesses like this one.
Our goal is to keep the community of Smart Bitches open for everyone, rather than move it all behind a paywall.
We want people to keep discovering romance, the books we talk about, and the wonderful, welcoming community we have here.
In order to do that, we need your help. Enter: Smart Bitches After Dark.
What’s inside Smart Bitches After Dark?
Old Skool Smart Bitches!
We’re bringing back a lot of the features from the archives of Original Recipe Smart Bitches, like open threads, reviews of older romances (especially the absolutely off the wall ones. Remember time travel?!) games, silly contests, recommendations, reader reviews, afternoon tea, and deeper discussions about romance, changes in the genre, and serious topics. We’ll also be doing live events online, including streaming, trivia nights, and happy hour gatherings.
Another thing that’s changed in the past 20 years is how we need safer spaces in which to be ourselves.
We want Smart Bitches After Dark to be that place for us.
Not only do we want this to be a space where you can be even more of yourself, where you can share book recs, get silly and snarky and have a rollicking good time, but we also want to make sure the Hot Pink Palace that is Smart Bitches Trashy Books stays open for everyone looking for their next read.
To be clear: we aren’t moving any of the existing shenanigans behind a paywall. We want Smart Bitches to stay open for everyone.
It’s going to be fun, and silly, and fulfilling and fabulous. I hope you’ll be part of it!
With your help, we can keep Smart Bitches and the hot pink palace open for everyone.
Who is this community for?
- Are you the type of person who is sometimes silly, sometimes snarky, and irreverently passionate about books, characters, and trends?
- Are you a longtime romance and/or Smart Bitches reader who fondly remembers old skool SBTB mayhem like Pregnesia and The Playboy Sheikh’s Virgin Stable Girl?
- Are you a newer and happily obsessed fan of romance whose body might maybe flash a little hot sometimes, and who wants to find a community that welcomes your enthusiasm and can perhaps help explain some of the genre’s history, including scandals of yore? Come deepen your fandom!
- Are you tired of hearing about the same 4 books on TikTok and want more personalized and expert recommendations from people with truly encyclopedic knowledge of tropes?
- Are you a reader who values what we do and wants to help keep the site open for everyone?
If you fit any or all of the above (Hi!) and if you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you.
What’s the cost?
$9 a month, or $90 for the year, which includes two months for free. Free, cheezy bread, free!
Where is it?
Right here! You’ll have a place to log in, and twice a week, there will be special content just for the After Dark community.
What if I have an idea for you?
By all means, please email and tell me!
How do I join?
Anything else?
Thank you for reading! We want Smart Bitches to continue into the future as a community-supported celebration of romance and of reading. Smart Bitches After Dark is going to help all of us sustain the site and with it, the connections between people all over the world who come to hang out here.
I’m in!
No SBAD form displayed so emailing you instead.
I’m in! Can we gift a year to a friend? I’d love to share this.
I’m interested! Please email me when it’s time to subscribe!
Definitely interested!
I’m interested! I love these deep dives!!
Definitely interested!
In, in, in.
Very interested!!! Please send to me in advance as well.
I’m interested as well!
This sounds straight up delightful. I’d love to get this for myself as a birthday present.
Please count me in as well! I’m so excited for you ladies!
Yes please, I’m interested
I tried to comment in the morning but the form didn’t work properly. I’d like to support you guys, Sarah! I love this space, so whatever form of support is needed, yes!
Yes, please. Very interested!
I am SO in!
I’m interested! More of a lurker usually, but I’ve been popping over here for years and years (my insane tbr pile of ebooks might be mostly due to the sale posts!) and I’d love to pitch in to keep things going.
I am interested!
Oh I am so in!!!! AKA I’m interested…
Definitely interested!
Absolutely yes.
I am interested!
I’m interested! I’d love the support the site
Sorry but do I just comment on this post like usual? When I clicked the link it reloaded the page
I’m intrigued!
HELL YEAH let’s do this! (PS how can you say Pregnesia is old skool? Didn’t that just happen a couple years ago?/what is time?)
Please add me to the list!
So totally in! I’m not a total OG, but I have been following SBTB for at least 12 years, so I am so down for further shenanigans!
So many great book recs and discussions over the years….Looking forward to joining!
Ahhh this sounds so fun! I’m definitely in, I’ve been a follower of the blog for so many years now & I’m looking for more wacky romance spaces. ❤️
I woke up to so many notifications that y’all were excited. Thank you!
I’m looking into gifted memberships – I should be able to do that, so stay tuned.
@CK: Yup, your comment includes your email so I’ll be in touch!
I’m interested!
Ooh, I miss Pregnasia and its ilk. Add me to the list?
Count me in!
LETS DO THIIIIIIIIISSSSS.
I’m in!
I’m interested, too, please
I’m interested, and couldn’t get the form to work!
I am interested! Please email me (sorry I couldn’t get the form to work).
Definitely interested!
I’m interested!