To arms!

[dolorosa_12]

This is quite possibly the most important thing I've ever written. It's my response to three articles on young-adult literature that have been getting a lot of attention from bloggers I respect. If you read nothing else I ever post on Wordpress, read this.

EDIT: God, I've just noticed how self-important and arrogant this little lead-in post is. That'll teach me to write when I'm incandescent with rage.

Comments

[romen-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Read, cheered at a few points, commented. Thank you for the summaries and the very well-expressed criticisms.

[cereswunderkind.livejournal.com]

So - what is it about middle-aged men and adolescent heroines? :)

[dolorosa-12.livejournal.com]

They get it right in a way that frustrated Mormon housewives do not?

[cereswunderkind.livejournal.com]

But you must wonder why. I mean; I understand about the Mormons, but do men - middle-aged or not - have an insight that women do not? And, if so, why?

[dolorosa-12.livejournal.com]

Well, two out of the three examples I gave worked as teachers for a very long time. I think this might have something to do with it.

And as for Joss Whedon...well, I've been convinced he's actually a teenage girl for a very long time.

[stephstar.livejournal.com]

I love your response! Those articles were highly frustrating and parts of them made me want to hit someone.