Solace: “Twilight” as a cautionary tale about traditional gender roles

fuckyeahfeminists:

Bella is warned by numerous people and events throughout the course of the story that she is actively pursuing her own destruction – but she’s so dependent on Edward and caught up in the idea of the romance that she refuses to see the situation for what it is. Charlie…

Solace: “Twilight” as a cautionary tale about traditional gender roles

fuckyeahfeminists:

Bella is warned by numerous people and events throughout the course of the story that she is actively pursuing her own destruction – but she’s so dependent on Edward and caught up in the idea of the romance that she refuses to see the situation for what it is. Charlie…

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    this. is. amazing.
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    I’d add a spoiler warning, but…do you really want to read that “book”?
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    makes so much sense to me. I hate how their relationship...so sickeningly romanticized
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    have been saying this ever since I...must print multiple copies
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  27. preludes-and-prufrock reblogged this from a-forest-grew and added:
    Actually fascinating.
  28. a-forest-grew reblogged this from litglutton and added:
    Click through click through click through. It makes Twilight genius in some way.
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    This is what I’ve been saying all along!!!

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