Comments on: What? Are you serious?

By: Nellie

Nellie — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:29:18 +0000

Oh no no no, wrong. This is the worst case of generalizing I’ve seen. I really hope you’re not refering to all teenage girls, but if you are. I beg to differ.
I’m a teenage girl and I do NOT read Twilight, I read Stephen King; I do NOT just want the popular, cool things, in fact I strive not to get pulled into the hype and I do NOT read about Paris Hilton. Please just think about that when you’re telling people we’re all the same, immature Twihards.

By: jazzchick88

jazzchick88 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:32:37 +0000

lol I agree.

By: bern the fern

bern the fern — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:02:40 +0000

but listen: “you go girl”
but WHERE is she going???????

By: commensense

commensense — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:40:44 +0000

wait never mind bout the stolen pic thing glich

By: commensense

commensense — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:39:53 +0000

hey you stole my pick!
anyway go cindy fight the power~!

By: commensense

commensense — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:38:05 +0000

wow its a lol you dont have to pick it to pieces you read lol over it but who the **** thinks this hard about a caption! turn off your computer and go out side!

By: Annie Crimefighter

Annie Crimefighter — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:24:10 +0000

Even so, the question still remains: who would you rather they looked up to?

By: Claire

Claire — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:33:35 +0000

You’d think they grow out of it. They don’t. They just buy a lot of shoes and say things like, “I hope Obama doesnt get shot like how they shot the first black president.” You can take twenty minutes to explain the civil rights movement and Martin Luthor King to them but why? They’re too busy reading about Robert Pattinson or Paris Hilton to listen anyway

By: Roxie

Roxie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:23:04 +0000

Not all teen girls are alike, thanks.
And for those that are, they’ll grow out of it.

By: DinoBenn

DinoBenn — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:10:32 +0000

Please, she’s a woman. It’s her job to do that stuff! (lol jks please no flames)

By: Claire

Claire — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:48:28 +0000

Yeah but what teenage girl really listens to their parents? No, they want the popular thing, the cool thing. The popular cool thing right now? Twilight. Author of Twilight? Meyer. I would hope someone in that position would realise how influential they could be rather than just profiting on fantasies.

By: Roxie

Roxie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:46:30 +0000

I think you’ve totally misread this conversation and the fail is on you. Some books are inspiring, some are historical, some are just escapism.

If your mind is “poisoned” by a fictional story about vampires who go to high school & sparkle in the sun…then something was wrong with you *before* those books came along

By: Roxie

Roxie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:43:26 +0000

That was kinda my point. It’s up to the kid’s parents to set the kid right. Not book authors.

By: Annie Crimefighter

Annie Crimefighter — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:17:06 +0000

Lolwhut. Logic fail. Books and writing in general are supposed to be inspiring, as a matter of fact. Do you have any idea how many girls’ young minds Meyer has poisoned by making their life’s ambition to “be Bella Swan”? If you ask any rabid Twilight fan out there what they want to do with their life, they will most likely say “MOVE TO FORKS, WASHINGTON!!1!!1!!~~!11″ or “BECOME A VAMPIRE!1!!!1“1112!!!” It’s sad and ridiculous. Besides, who would you rather they look up to? Smiley Virus; pole-dancing wonder?

By: Claire

Claire — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:04:11 +0000

Well I would think authors like JK Rowling etc would be better role models for women than the multitude of anorexic vain air heads that Hollywood offers. You pick up most newspapers or magazines and you’re assaulted with pointless news stories about people like Paris Hilton. So you encourage your kids to read books, tell them about people like Marie Curie and Rosa Parks. Most only care about the popular thing, and that’s not always good for the next generation.

By: Roxie

Roxie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:52:28 +0000

If you’re depending on authors to “guide a new generation of young women” you’re definitely depending on the wrong people

By: Claire

Claire — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:04:16 +0000

LOL sure… did she say that before it was pointed out to her that Bella is an empty shell with no ambition besides Edward or after?

And yes fantasy is one thing, but you can see Pride and Prejudice as a romantic fantasy, Lord of the Rings is a fantasy, and the author still acknowledges the fact there’s a reality. I just think if you’re supposed to be guiding a new generation of young women you would be more responsible in the messages you send out.

By: Roxie

Roxie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:33:17 +0000

According to Meyer, Bella does attend college after the big battle in “Breaking Dawn”…also, she wouldn’t need medical insurance b/c she’s a vampire..

I think if you teach your kids the difference between fantasy & reality that they’ll be ok.

By: Claire

Claire — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:53:29 +0000

I always thought this LOL was a dig at Twilight but then it does seem like nearly everyone here hates it and makes fun of it anyway. I thought the fact she was going to go and have a career and kick some major butt suing people and getting rich was poking fun at the fact Bella has no ambition, doesnt care about her future and all she wants in life is Edward. Yeah… see how far that gets you, honey. Maybe it’s how my mother brought me up, making me wonder where the money is supposed to be coming from and who is going to be responsible for the mortgage and who signs what legally. If it wasn’t for the fact Meyer pretends the real world doesnt exist Bella would be working as a waitress for 12 hours a day because she doesnt care enough about school or university, and she’d desperately rely on her tips to live as Edward cant work due to sparkling. Then of course there’s taxes, and insurance to pay on the car and house, and then bills for gas and electricity, new clothing, phone bills, medical insurance, more taxes… oh wait, its ok, Carlisle Cullen is rich. Phew! That saves those ridiculous plot holes!

You know I read somewhere to be wary of what Disney Princesses your daughter adores. If she likes Mulan for example then she’ll be strong minded, if she likes Cinderella or Snow White then she is far more likely to be a victim of domestic abuse when she’s older. Submissive female role models… like lame ass Bella. “No officer! Don’t arrest him! It’s true love!”

By: LegalStudent

LegalStudent — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:03:07 +0000

Oh yes, you are SO right.

By: jamanar

jamanar — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:47:15 +0000

lol foo i didn’t even think of that interpretation. from that angle it is much funnier than the battle of the sexes bs that’s haunted this discussion.

By: Lildogg

Lildogg — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:16:31 +0000

Very cute LoL… I like it.

By: Ignatz

Ignatz — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:39:22 +0000

I vote Mulan. When the effluent hits the turbine, I want a skilled, quick-thinking swordswoman on my side.

By: nothing667

nothing667 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:17:00 +0000

I vote jasmine cause dark hair and sassy behavior is FTW.

By: Dieu

Dieu — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:50:49 +0000

i totally remember that in the theaters when i watched it too!!!!

By: Oscar the Mild

Oscar the Mild — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:28:44 +0000

Well, we can be thankful that she was not completely downtrodden and broken by her sisters – she could have wished for a better broom to make the housework easier

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:20:43 +0000

I normally hate romance movies (including “romantic” “comedies”), but I LOVE “Ever After.”

By: Annie Crimefighter

Annie Crimefighter — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:47:36 +0000

What I don’t understand is, a magic fairy godmother appears in her backyard. She, a girl who is being basically abused by her family, wishes for…a dress. And some pretty shoes. And a magic pumpkin mobile. When, the whole time, she could have wished her way out of that mess. I like the Ella Enchanted version, better, myself (not the movie, the movie was horrid).

By: Oscar the Mild

Oscar the Mild — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:35:48 +0000

No, it is simply not that funny. Apart from being far too long, It is obvious and somewhat trite – yes, women don’t have to do the housework, I believe that was an issue in the 60′s – we get it

The fact that you agree with the philosophy of the caption does not make it any more or less amusing – as to your implication that if you do not find this hilarious you secretly wish to murder women – and you wonder why feminist are not taken seriously??

By: Roxie

Roxie — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:46:13 +0000

Great Caption!!!

By: Div

Div — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:37:00 +0000

Wow. Let’s talk lazy.

By: Chi

Chi — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:38:56 +0000

Agreed.

By: Chi

Chi — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:37:53 +0000

The point.

Your head.

By: Chi

Chi — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:36:57 +0000

Love it!

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:24:38 +0000

No no no … Belle is the best – and look who she had arguments with!!!

By: Bloodverge

Bloodverge — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:10:02 +0000

Awesome.

Now figure out how to start asking men out.

By: Queen o' sarcasm

Queen o' sarcasm — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:49:26 +0000

amen to that

By: Shy Mox

Shy Mox — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:59:45 +0000

Well if we’re going to get technical she wouldn’t have been able to get into law school anyway because she was a woman.

By: jordin

jordin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:48:08 +0000

How the hell was Cinderella going to get into law school? She had no money and was never allowed to leave the house. Because of women.

By: foo

foo — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:43:53 +0000

Have you actually *seen* the movie? I don’t think you have because that’s the whole point! Young woman overcomes adversity and achieves her dream. In her case it is marrying the Prince and living happily ever after, but it is a metaphor for just about anything in life.

Now, back to the subject. You entirely missed the the point of my LOL. It was a lawyer joke: Beautiful young girl aspires to become money-grubbing dirtbag lawyer so she can sue people who offended her in the past. Yeah, right. Nothing like living in the past. . .

By: LadyD

LadyD — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:28:28 +0000

The patriarchy was it for you? It was gravity for me

By: Ms. Valit

Ms. Valit — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:46:29 +0000

amen to that!

By: Shy Mox

Shy Mox — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:19:30 +0000

Lucky you! The patriarchy got me too self conscious to go without

By: Mistletoe

Mistletoe — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:18:12 +0000

Yeah. Heh. “Act”.

By: Mistletoe

Mistletoe — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:17:04 +0000

WOW.

Turn off the computer now, and go outside.

By: Mistletoe

Mistletoe — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:15:40 +0000

I for one just never wore one to begin with.

By: Mistletoe

Mistletoe — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:14:53 +0000

Now, now, let’s not be fighting sexism with more sexism.

By: skystrider13

skystrider13 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:12:07 +0000

Whoo! That’s what I wanted to see!

By: roygbiv

roygbiv — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:15:30 +0000

screw “the dreams that you wish will come true!”

WIN!

By: roygbiv

roygbiv — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:13:17 +0000

Ruckedigu, Blut ist am Schuh!