And insert my pet peeve for reinforcing the romantic trope that women can't be trusted to be telling the truth when they claim to be disinterested in a man, hence men should stalk and harass objects of interest until they "give in to their feelings."
(I was going to guess Meg Cabot for the author of the offending book. Instead it's someone I've never read. Can't say I'm finding that a source of regret.)
I can't stand Cabot for adults, but the Princess stuff amuses me.
Here, fished the rants out of the list. More than I realized I had, must have opinions on this subject! :>
The one about Meg Ryan Thorazine-flavored Romance It's called personal responsibility, Hollywood, and even in a feather-light unbelievable comedy it's refreshing. Meg and Robin only ever think of themselves; whatever they do to others (including the man!) is justified in the face of their obsession. Sandra worried about other people - she worried about hurting them physically, about hurting their feelings - as much as she worried about her own needs, and her own job.
The "If a man loves a woman, he won't fuck her over" rant There is no excuse for this shit. THERE IS NO EXCUSE WHATSOEVER to present rape, ruination, and lying as love. All that we needed was for him to hit her and we'd have the classic trilogy of abuse - "Baby, you make me so crazy, I just can't help myself," "Baby, why you question me?" and "Baby, why you make me hit you
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Working in a bookstore, the biggest gap in my product knowledge is this particular form of 'women's fiction'. I've tried to read a few, but always end up throwing it across the room and weeping for my gender.
I think I've only read one "chick lit" book, and it was one of the first. "I Don't Know How She Does It" was screamingly funny and I adored the women executives successful scheme to even it up with the male executive who was beyond the pale obnoxious. Throw in the taxi driver and the many depesperate moments the main character has (trying to make the store bought goodies look homemade to impress the Muffy-Mafia at school)...
Have only read a couple of the above so far, but I feel I have met something of a kindred spirit. Mind if I link to some (or all) of these in today's LJ post?
Wandering up to look at your other rants, but first here's the link to my own dissection of the romance myth, which starts off my women of BSG piece because I wanted my reference points down before I started getting into specific examples.
Don't watch BSG, but skimming through, have plenty to say about the "You beat me and I love you" trope, oh, yes, I do... just give me some time to marshall my thoughts.
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(I was going to guess Meg Cabot for the author of the offending book. Instead it's someone I've never read. Can't say I'm finding that a source of regret.)
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Here, fished the rants out of the list. More than I realized I had, must have opinions on this subject! :>
The one about Meg Ryan Thorazine-flavored Romance It's called personal responsibility, Hollywood, and even in a feather-light unbelievable comedy it's refreshing. Meg and Robin only ever think of themselves; whatever they do to others (including the man!) is justified in the face of their obsession. Sandra worried about other people - she worried about hurting them physically, about hurting their feelings - as much as she worried about her own needs, and her own job.
The "If a man loves a woman, he won't fuck her over" rant There is no excuse for this shit. THERE IS NO EXCUSE WHATSOEVER to present rape, ruination, and lying as love. All that we needed was for him to hit her and we'd have the classic trilogy of abuse - "Baby, you make me so crazy, I just can't help myself," "Baby, why you question me?" and "Baby, why you make me hit you ( ... )
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Working in a bookstore, the biggest gap in my product knowledge is this particular form of 'women's fiction'. I've tried to read a few, but always end up throwing it across the room and weeping for my gender.
*goes off to read all your rants*
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