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 Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:48 am 
kathymunster wrote: Pantheon4 wrote: kathymunster wrote: Mooncutter wrote: Miss Pine wrote: Pantheon4 wrote: hisownshot wrote: Last year, when I was in HS I would sit in the band room in the morning before classes started and there were like 2 or 3 copies of Twilight being shared among like... ten girls, who would come in each morning and talk about how hot the vampire was.
I don't really know much beyond that, but their conversations didn't make me wanna read the books any more than I already did (which was none since I had never heard of them before) Let's make this simple: Band=> high concentration of nerds=>nerds behave like nerds=> the Twilight series => nerdy behavior. Actually, I'd wager that Twilight fans are comprised more of the Gossip Girl-ish type than of nerds. Nah, Gossip Girl fans tend to be the celebrity-obsessed, pop-culture loving kind. i love twilight. ..and i love gossip girl  NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRD!  haha, im so ashamed to say that i actually watch gossip girl. but never will i be ashamed of my undying love for twilight! haha I love Gossip Girl too (the TV show, though, not the books) - definitely wasn't trying to insult GG fans. I just used to work in a bookstore, and I can tell you that if the girls who came in to buy Twilight purchased something else as well, it was almost always a chick lit type of book. I never once saw someone buy Twilight along with a piece of actual literature. Seriously, not that many nerds read Twilight. |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:08 am
Miss Pine wrote: kathymunster wrote: Pantheon4 wrote: kathymunster wrote: Mooncutter wrote: Miss Pine wrote: Pantheon4 wrote: hisownshot wrote: Last year, when I was in HS I would sit in the band room in the morning before classes started and there were like 2 or 3 copies of Twilight being shared among like... ten girls, who would come in each morning and talk about how hot the vampire was.
I don't really know much beyond that, but their conversations didn't make me wanna read the books any more than I already did (which was none since I had never heard of them before) Let's make this simple: Band=> high concentration of nerds=>nerds behave like nerds=> the Twilight series => nerdy behavior. Actually, I'd wager that Twilight fans are comprised more of the Gossip Girl-ish type than of nerds. Nah, Gossip Girl fans tend to be the celebrity-obsessed, pop-culture loving kind. i love twilight. ..and i love gossip girl NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRD! haha, im so ashamed to say that i actually watch gossip girl. but never will i be ashamed of my undying love for twilight! haha I love Gossip Girl too (the TV show, though, not the books) - definitely wasn't trying to insult GG fans. I just used to work in a bookstore, and I can tell you that if the girls who came in to buy Twilight purchased something else as well, it was almost always a chick lit type of book. I never once saw someone buy Twilight along with a piece of actual literature. Seriously, not that many nerds read Twilight. Nerds don’t read literature; a-holes do. I am the latter. _________________ Power is only pain It’s probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in. "Can we get control of an individual to the point where he will do our bidding against his will and even against fundamental laws of nature, such as self preservation?" -memo from 1952 Project ARTICHOKE 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:22 am
Miss Pine wrote: I just used to work in a bookstore, and I can tell you that if the girls who came in to buy Twilight purchased something else as well, it was almost always a chick lit type of book. I never once saw someone buy Twilight along with a piece of actual literature. Seriously, not that many nerds read Twilight. I don't think nerd is being used necessarily as "ready-for-the-science-fair intellectual" in this case so much as "(s)he with immature, fantasy based passions" (read: anime, pokemon, D&D, comic books). _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:51 am
national phenomenon wrote: At least it isn't the first book series she's ever read. AW SNAP _________________ goes down easy |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:43 am
Mooncutter wrote: Miss Pine wrote: I just used to work in a bookstore, and I can tell you that if the girls who came in to buy Twilight purchased something else as well, it was almost always a chick lit type of book. I never once saw someone buy Twilight along with a piece of actual literature. Seriously, not that many nerds read Twilight. I don't think nerd is being used necessarily as "ready-for-the-science-fair intellectual" in this case so much as "(s)he with immature, fantasy based passions" (read: anime, pokemon, D&D, comic books). Hmmm I still don't know about that. I know soo many girls who would definitely never be caught dead around anime but LOVE Twilight. I think it really has drawn in the girly-girl population that generally tends to read chick lit. I know you can't really use one person to prove your point, but freaking Audrina from The Hills loves Twilight! |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:39 pm
stumple13 wrote: guitargirl wrote: I love Twilight. More power to Sherri for enjoying something that so many people tell her to hate. I dont think anyone is telling her to hate it especially "everyone", seeing as how 95% of the population seems to like the books We just dont like the over zealous fans haha  So go Sherri!! _________________ Mike=] |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:30 pm
Miss Pine wrote: kathymunster wrote: Pantheon4 wrote: kathymunster wrote: Mooncutter wrote: Miss Pine wrote: Pantheon4 wrote: hisownshot wrote: Last year, when I was in HS I would sit in the band room in the morning before classes started and there were like 2 or 3 copies of Twilight being shared among like... ten girls, who would come in each morning and talk about how hot the vampire was.
I don't really know much beyond that, but their conversations didn't make me wanna read the books any more than I already did (which was none since I had never heard of them before) Let's make this simple: Band=> high concentration of nerds=>nerds behave like nerds=> the Twilight series => nerdy behavior. Actually, I'd wager that Twilight fans are comprised more of the Gossip Girl-ish type than of nerds. Nah, Gossip Girl fans tend to be the celebrity-obsessed, pop-culture loving kind. i love twilight. ..and i love gossip girl NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRD! haha, im so ashamed to say that i actually watch gossip girl. but never will i be ashamed of my undying love for twilight! haha I love Gossip Girl too (the TV show, though, not the books) - definitely wasn't trying to insult GG fans. I just used to work in a bookstore, and I can tell you that if the girls who came in to buy Twilight purchased something else as well, it was almost always a chick lit type of book. I never once saw someone buy Twilight along with a piece of actual literature. Seriously, not that many nerds read Twilight. well, i'm not really into 'chick lit' i dunno.. unless you count sarah dessen, i guess since her books are all about teenage girls. buut theyre not all.. i dunno gossip girl-y. i hate being stereotyped into one big group based on something i listen to/read. im not saying you did that, but a lot of people will assume that i like shallow non substantial books/shows cos of some of the things i like but i dont necessarily agree with that. my top favorite books were the catcher in the rye, twilight, harry potter, the great gatsby, and anna karenina. to me that seems pretty diverse, i dunno if i'd call it 'literature' maybe the great gatsby and anna karenina, but i wouldn't call the rest of the books 'chick lit' either. _________________ I used to be Snow White but I drifted -Mae West |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:44 pm
People who don't like what I like suck!  _________________ patrock wrote: Grandma: What are you thankful for?
Me: My fake husband. |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:45 pm
Nightmare wrote: People who don't like what I like suck!
Nuh uh. You do. |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:49 pm
patrock wrote: Nightmare wrote: People who don't like what I like suck!
Nuh uh. You do. *cries* _________________ patrock wrote: Grandma: What are you thankful for?
Me: My fake husband. |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:00 pm
Am I the only one who thinks the Twilight books are kind of sexist? I love all things vampires (and LOVED Buffy, like to the extreme!) and I was all prepared to love Twilight, but the combination of poor writing and melodrama and the bland, weak female lead... I just couldn't love it. Didn't even like it, in fact... and I'm really sad about that.
That being said, I am ALL FOR Sherri writing a vampire song! Do it, Sherri! Do it do it! |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:45 pm
rosalee wrote: Am I the only one who thinks the Twilight books are kind of sexist? Definitely not, Edward is completely controlling and makes decisions for Bella, who is weak in every sense of the word. Nevermind the fact that the relationship the two of them have is disgustingly unhealthy. "Oh, my soulmate h8s me now? BRB going to kill myself." The fact that little girls think obsessive relationships like that are ideal is pretty sickening. In b4 "it's just a book" _________________
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:48 am
Mooncutter wrote: rosalee wrote: Am I the only one who thinks the Twilight books are kind of sexist? Definitely not, Edward is completely controlling and makes decisions for Bella, who is weak in every sense of the word. Nevermind the fact that the relationship the two of them have is disgustingly unhealthy. "Oh, my soulmate h8s me now? BRB going to kill myself." The fact that little girls think obsessive relationships like that are ideal is pretty sickening. In b4 "it's just a book" I've read all four, and i definitely agree with this. I don't think these books are at all appropriate for young girls. I was there at the release of the fourth book and there must been about ten girls around age 10. _________________ Sharing and sharing all day long. |
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:40 am
Eurgh, burning is too good for these books. I was seriously crushed when I read that journal entry.
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:57 am
I don't think that they're sexist at all. That's my opinion...I think people find things in the books that aren't there. They want to find fault, and so they do. Books are up for interpretation... _________________ 
j'ai pas envie d'être un robot, métro boulot dodo -Kelli |
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