tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post5237003091738826449..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: Twilight & Women's Rights: Demythologizing The Stalky My Little Pony With FangsChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-27550763076612616002012-11-12T04:06:28.144-05:002012-11-12T04:06:28.144-05:00I acknowledge that Twilight can easily be taken as...I acknowledge that Twilight can easily be taken as upholding a passive stereotype for women. There needs to be room to tell many different types of stories. Twilight is the story about the normal girl who gets the hot guy. There is nothing wrong with that we just need that there also be stories available about the empowered girl who takes initiative. That story can be messed with the normal girl who gets the guy but it is not easy. If she is too successful at being empowered then she stops being “normal.” Love the Stalky my Little Pony with Fangs line.Ballardhttps://twitter.com/kikihluitele/status/263628523124711424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-82785334072600313102009-07-26T14:25:44.973-04:002009-07-26T14:25:44.973-04:00Lovely, Chana! Brava! I've had a major problem...Lovely, Chana! Brava! I've had a major problem thought admittedly mostly for the ultrapoor writing, with Twilight since the beginning. Needless t say i love this!<br />-AlizaAlizanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-13871366837324289392009-07-20T14:42:00.439-04:002009-07-20T14:42:00.439-04:00Twilight sends the wrong message, but so does ever...Twilight sends the wrong message, but so does every single romantic comedy. They both create extremely ridiculous paradigms of romantic relationships. At least with Buffy, they showed that sex has consequences. One guy she sleeps with loses his soul (ok, a bit extreme), one guy totally ignores her the next day (a bit more realistic).<br /><br />And, one of the best things about the new Harry Potter movie, which you panned, unfairly I think, is that Harry's love interest is rather ordinary looking, as is Hermione's (Ron is completely goofy looking).jdubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-55114660877773420182009-07-20T14:35:38.243-04:002009-07-20T14:35:38.243-04:00I acknowledge that Twilight can easily be taken as...I acknowledge that Twilight can easily be taken as upholding a passive stereotype for women. There needs to be room to tell many different types of stories. Twilight is the story about the normal girl who gets the hot guy. There is nothing wrong with that we just need that there also be stories available about the empowered girl who takes initiative. That story can be messed with the normal girl who gets the guy but it is not easy. If she is too successful at being empowered then she stops being “normal.” <br />Love the Stalky my Little Pony with Fangs line.Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-57427735375861955292009-07-20T08:57:47.887-04:002009-07-20T08:57:47.887-04:00"We need to be teaching girls to kick ass - n..."We need to be teaching girls to kick ass - not become victims of a man's prey".<br />I couldn't agree more.<br />Great post!Bethnoreply@blogger.com