And that was the fascinating thing about this movie: in lots of ways it's about Bella's agency. I mean, the NPR article is accurate when it says Bella is "a woman with no life at all outside of her literally all-consuming pregnancy," but ... it's also about a choice she makes. It's a fairly crazy choice, but ... man, there's a certain point when I've heard about Bella being a lump and how these books are sending such a terrible message to teenage girls so many times that all I can hear is We have to defend these poor things who don't know any better. And I don't know about you, but when I was fourteen I would have devoured these like crack candy and, hey, also known that if a guy actually watches you while you sleep, he's probably not good boyfriend material. (For the record, at fourteen I would've also been Team Jacob just because I am always on the werewolf side of the werewolves vs vampires debate.)
I agree completely that the conversation surrounding these books, and usually the harshest critics are those who refuse to read them, seems just entirely blown out of proportion to me. Pass the frakking popcorn.
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And that was the fascinating thing about this movie: in lots of ways it's about Bella's agency. I mean, the NPR article is accurate when it says Bella is "a woman with no life at all outside of her literally all-consuming pregnancy," but ... it's also about a choice she makes. It's a fairly crazy choice, but ... man, there's a certain point when I've heard about Bella being a lump and how these books are sending such a terrible message to teenage girls so many times that all I can hear is We have to defend these poor things who don't know any better. And I don't know about you, but when I was fourteen I would have devoured these like crack candy and, hey, also known that if a guy actually watches you while you sleep, he's probably not good boyfriend material. (For the record, at fourteen I would've also been Team Jacob just because I am always on the werewolf side of the werewolves vs vampires debate.)
I agree completely that the conversation surrounding these books, and usually the harshest critics are those who refuse to read them, seems just entirely blown out of proportion to me. Pass the frakking popcorn.
And fair point about Hermione v. Bella also.