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Re:Chick Lit Rant - 08/26/2006
I don't think women's fiction is "under attack". However, I don't think that it is respected. It's a real shame because there are some good ones out there. But it seems that the ones that get attention are really, really horrible, not worth reading in the first place.
Then again, who even invented the term "Chick Lit"? (Jimmy, get on Brent's computer and research this, please.) How will it ever gain respect when that's what it's called? The last time I checked, women don't like to be called Chicks (even though I really like that song that says "chick" a lot - I have no clue what the name is.) Oh, and just a note: It is NOT funny to call women's fiction "PMS Reads". (Are you one of the folks who call this genre by this awful name? Read this: http://www.4-men.org/testosterone/pms.html )
But you are right. Books are booed all the time, in any genre, and not everyone will like it. While it isn't fair to "stereotype" against a genre, it also isn't fair for a lover of one particular genre to allow others to believe that their passionate genre is under attack! There is no fire - put away the damn extinguisher!
P.S. - I just KNEW something would come up under this topic.  Melody and I were discussing the fact that there are more male members than females at WS!
Post edited by: helene, at: 2006/08/26 07:31
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