SPOILER ALERT - I really think you missed the point of the movie, one that ties into our current political climate as well. It’s easy to demonize an entire group of people (think immigrants today.) But when you meet someone one-on-one, your belief system can be shattered (JoJo and the Jewsish girl). By the way, that’s…

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Perhaps grown women do not wish to read things marketed towards teen girls and that is like...not a problem. I’m 35 and don’t particularly care to read a John Green novel because I already went through my teen years and don’t care to revisit them.

I feel like this Twitter fiasco really should have been a quiet conversation between the author and her therapist about how she can better process professional criticism, especially when it comes from trivial sources that do not in any impact her career.

Jodi Piccoult everybody

“It’s hard to know what’s sadder: that Brooke Nelson has internalized misogyny to the extent that she can see nothing of worth in books beloved by “teen girls” but is presumably impressed with the merits of a book centered around video game culture that is beloved by teenage boy”

(SO MUCH EYEROLLING.)

Ready Player…

“A bad and stupid thing happened once, therefore bad and stupid things should keep happening” is a weird take.

This college should be absolutely horrifically and horribly ashamed of itself for using Ready Player One as it’s Common Read book. Demanding they repeat that mistake with a similar book strikes me as a…

Well, the authors’ responses speak to a YA level of maturity. One random person with basically no platform doesn’t wanna read your book and this is the response?

The first rule of book reviews is

So a female college student attempted to raise the level of discourse on her campus by removing books written for young teens from the recommended reading list. Seems like a good thing. It is infantilizing for the college students to have children’s books recommended for them. Sure it might be enjoyable to read these…

My favorite (/s) response to Dessen’s tweet was when someone replied “Fuck that fucking bitch.”, and Dessen replied to that with “I love you. [heart emoji]”.

Comments like this one backing up Dessen’s position are missing the point so completely, it’s mind boggling:

I mean yes we do tend to mock shitty books for teen girls more than we mock shitty books for teen boys (Twilight vs Ready Player One - they’re both awful) but that doesn’t mean any if those books are good. Authors always look ridiculous when they respond to bad reviews and this is even more ridiculous.

Thank you. Such a strangely hysterical reaction, not just on the part of Dessen herself, but on the part of these other authors.

I hate the “dont like a specific woman or her work then youre a sexist" bullshit. Its the cheapest way to try and derail critiques. 

Yeah, I’m a little conflicted on this one but overall the author is being petty.

Is literary criticism not allowed anymore?

Like, uh, one person’s opinion about an author sends that author and others into a tizzy? One college student says something and this is what gets you going, professional writers? My goodness. Was this author searching for herself on Twitter? I’m kind of suspecting this student is getting called out because she is…

I’m with the student. YA books are fine, and I don’t care if other adults like them, but I applaud college students seeking more challenging material. Caveat: I have never read (or heard of) Dessen before this, so I don’t know if she’s actually YA.

WOW. I’m shocked by all this in part because I am a huge fan of Sarah Dessen... so I know that statement is absolutely true.