Some of you told me I wouldn’t like Twilight, but I bought the book anyway just to see what all the hoopla was about. Well, I finally finished it, and…I appreciated the romance-factor, but I couldn’t help thinking it was giving girls the wrong idea about love and relationships. I did a feminist reading of Twilight and here’s what bugged me:

1. Bella has no outside hobbies.

After she moves to Washington, Bella makes a few friends, but she’s not interested in them. Mostly her life is about Edward, Edward, Edward. But what relationship can survive that? Take it from Simone … Read More

Twilight fans are already eagerly anticipating the next film in the series but it seems that Paris Hilton is just beginning to catch Twilight fever (hey, better late than never.)  The celebutante recently gushed over the movie’s star, Robert Pattinson, saying, "I just saw Twilight last night for the first time, and I have to say that I think Rob is a beautiful man and an amazing actor.  He's fabulous!  Now I understand all the hype. I just didn't get it before, but now it all makes sense. I really enjoyed the movie and … Read More

Counting down the days until the Twilight premiere?

I am, too, and I'm enjoying all the media attention the books and movie are getting.

But a recent Gawker post about the Stephenie Meyer series ticked me off.  In "Vampire Chastity Belts: Anticipation for Sex That Never Comes is the Highlight of Twilight," blogger Alex Carnavale complains that the lack of sex in the book series is unrealistic, especially since the two main characters pine over each other for hundreds and hundreds and hundres of pages. Given the fact that Meyer is a Mormon, Carnavale seems concerned her … Read More

If you asked if me if I'd ever read a romance before, I'd say "no, of course not."

Then I'd pause and realize, that's not right –– I'm a voracious consumer of young adult vampire novels!

Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer, and Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, by Beth Fantaskey, are two of my favorite vampire romances (both young adult novels).  Though they're not packaged as "romances," exactly, I surprised myself enamoured with –– swooning, even! –– over the hunky male protagonists. 

Even though they're, um, undead.

At first, neither Edward in Twilight or Lucius … Read More

Vampires haven't been this sexy since Brad Pitt heated up the screen in Interview with the Vampire in the '90s, and they've certainly never been this smitten.

Vampire love is hot on both screen and shelf this year. If you have yet to hear about the Stephenie Meyers' Twilight books, you have four months to catch up on the uber-popular young adult series about inter-species lovers Edward and Bella before the movie version of Twilight comes out in December. Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final book of the series was released last Saturday to a Harry Potter-like fan … Read More