The Trouble With Twilight – The damaging effect media, movies and books can have on girls sense of worth and the value they put on romantic relationships. This is an interesting video because the idea that girls need boys affection and attention to feel worthwhile permeates everyday life through media, literature, the internet etc. and yet it is not being discussed with nearly the same vigour as other related issues such as celebrities being poor role models, women being objectified and idealized and sexism in media. I do, however, argue that while twilight is written to be very engaging for those who strongly desire this type of validation from boys, it is not necessarily well written. It is cleverly constructed so that it’s audience does not notice that it is poorly written because they are so absorbed in the story, and don’t care for much but it’s forward progress. Twilight’s construction and raise to fame is quite interesting, and I plan on exploring it more in further blog posts.

Also check out Liz’s follow up video How Books Get Into Our Brain.