UNNNNNNNNfortunately I am cursed with having a whole bevvy of female acquaintances, family members and even, dare I say it, friends who get wet panties from Twilight. Yet they are otherwise highly educated, and well read people. I can't understand how these people, including vociferous feminists, can overlook the deplorably socially backwards subtexts in this series and be sucked in to the hopelessly syrupy, awfully superficial romance. Not to mention the averageness of the writing itself. And these women are shameless in their adoration for this garbage, even admitting it's utter low-browness. I read the first book because my wife demanded it, but I refuse to read any others and the movies are banned from my house.
This is destined to end up on the garbage heap of fiction. I just wish I didn't have to witness first hand the brief period in which it so captivates a generation of women who should know better and girls who ought to have a better quality of female fictional role model.
Looney Lovegood is a better girl from which to draw inspiration than the Twilight girl.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
Jimi Hendrix
