What We Talk About When We Talk About "Bringing Back Yearning"

What We Talk About When We Talk About "Bringing Back Yearning"

Across social media, I am seeing the trend “bring back yearning.” I’ve seen it referencing both books and visual media, but let’s specifically talk about romance books. Frankly, I don’t like this trend, and not because I don’t like yearning. What I find sinister is the way this phrase functions very similarly to another refrain that we’ve all heard a lot: Make America Great Again. Tell me I’m reading too much into it. I’ll tell you you’re not re…