Dude, I'm glad someone enjoys them. I do write a lot of them.
We should all start asking this. A movement of people furrowing their brow, eying snobs suspiciously, and asking, "Why not, you too good?" It would sweep the globe!
You have no idea how often I heard this question growing up. Sometimes joking, sometimes entirely serious. I am all for taking it to the masses.
but I was thinking about how it seemed like a lot of YA is targeted at girls, which means--cue the ominous music--well-developed female characters. Also, it means more female authors.
This has been accurate, at least in my experience, and I think it's tied to the fact that women writers were not as welcome in the adult sections, whether it was on the literary fiction side of things or the genre fiction. So they started writing for teen girls. I mean, I read constantly growing up, and there was so much awesome, awesome, awesome fiction for and about teen girls. It was amazing.
Suffice it to say, I would like to read more of your thoughts on this topic. :D
I personally hate Johnny Depp because he's a Polanski supporter, but your reasoning is another reason to dislike him.
He's an ACTOR. This is his craft.
SERIOUSLY. And especially now, with so many really, really talented former film actors (mostly actresses, actually, which is interesting) going into TV work, the idea that anyone would sneer at that is just ridiculous.
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We should all start asking this. A movement of people furrowing their brow, eying snobs suspiciously, and asking, "Why not, you too good?" It would sweep the globe!
You have no idea how often I heard this question growing up. Sometimes joking, sometimes entirely serious. I am all for taking it to the masses.
but I was thinking about how it seemed like a lot of YA is targeted at girls, which means--cue the ominous music--well-developed female characters. Also, it means more female authors.
This has been accurate, at least in my experience, and I think it's tied to the fact that women writers were not as welcome in the adult sections, whether it was on the literary fiction side of things or the genre fiction. So they started writing for teen girls. I mean, I read constantly growing up, and there was so much awesome, awesome, awesome fiction for and about teen girls. It was amazing.
Suffice it to say, I would like to read more of your thoughts on this topic. :D
I personally hate Johnny Depp because he's a Polanski supporter, but your reasoning is another reason to dislike him.
He's an ACTOR. This is his craft.
SERIOUSLY. And especially now, with so many really, really talented former film actors (mostly actresses, actually, which is interesting) going into TV work, the idea that anyone would sneer at that is just ridiculous.