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Re:Chick Lit Rant - 08/26/2006
When you said "Then again, who even invented the term "Chick Lit"? ", you framed the problem. A female writer, complaining about the genre not being taken seriously, uses the demeaning term "chick lit" to label the genre.
When I look at my shelves of books for casual reading, one thing really stands out. In those cases where I have multiple selections by an author, almost 2/3 of them are by female writers. When I look at the cd's I've bought in the past couple of years, once again they are by female artists. The reason for this is simple. I like the perspective and emphasis that women bring out in their work.
However, my reading interests do not extend to contemporary fictional stories. Pleasure reading for me is an escapist activity. I want to escape a little farther than what I see on the TV, in the news or next door. Unfortunatley, this narrow range seems to define what is labeled as chick lit. Yet doesn't Charlaine Harris deal with the same relational issues, the same character conflict and development in a Sookie Stackhouse novel? Is the fact that the boyfriend is a vampire instead of an accountant that much of a difference?
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