Heh. I actually wrote erotica for a while after I got so damned disgusted with romantic novel bullshit. I've got a 3/4 finished werewolf novel ——REAL werewolves——where the heroine narrates sarcastically and unabashedly loves cooking, snark, and drooling over the hero——who is a librarian.

Men can't hack being viewed as sex objects. This story is case in point.

The heroine's so immature and inexperienced she refers to her genitalia as "down there. " Every time they have sex it's like he's invading Australia.

Maybe he actually read the book. It's almost like anyone who wants their career taken seriously doesn't want anything to do with this movie. Or something.

I'm betting this movie is going to be 50 Shades of going straight to video.

I guess he got finally got round to reading it. Now we just have to stage some kind of intervention for Lizzie Bennet and we're away.

Jennifer Ehle?! Jennifer Ehle?!?!?! What is Elizabeth Bennet doing attached to this monstrosity?! At least, please God, tell me she's playing Christian's mom and not his "Mrs. Robinson" statutory-rapist-sadomasochistic-abuser!!!

...not allowing him time to adequately prepare for the role of Christian Grey...

With all that's going on, that is absolutely wonderful.

You're not even making arguments. Just blanket claims based on your obviously limited experience. If the only two YA series you can name are Twilight and Hunger Games, I'd submit that you're obviously not particularly well read in the genre.

I think the beauty of His Dark Materials is that you get hooked by the more lighthearted, fun, adventuring-young-girl beginning... and then all of a sudden you realize you're deeply involved in this war between God & Science, Childhood & Adulthood, between the idea of staying who you are and that of becoming who you…

If that's all you know about YA, then maybe you should read more before putting your opinion out there.

Do you know how many YA books are out there? You can't judge the whole section by looking at only two popular series, though so many people clearly do.

Lois Lowry not only counts, but she's a strong contender for queen of the genre. She was writing Serious YA Fiction As Literature long before the current trending towards that began.

All-time favorites include: A Wrinkle in Time, The Phantom Tollbooth, His Dark Materials..anyone else??

Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials series is sectioned as Young Adult, but I love those books, especially because of his descriptions of maturing and understanding adolescence and adulthood.

Disney owns the largest share of media in the United States, and is in the top six worldwide. Are you really suggesting that people shouldn't confront issues in one of the most pervasive entertainment outlets in the world? That we should give them a pass and go after smaller fish?

As a woman, I am (naturally, biologically, because of evolution) great at multitasking. This is awesome because it means that, not only can I criticize Disney's portrayal of women and girls, I can criticize other companies and genres as well!

Princess Syndrome wouldn't be a problem for Disney if their roster of female protagonists wasn't something like 85% princesses. Besides, isn't this just blaming the women again?