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“Is there sex in that book?”
Stephenie Meyer Ruined My Life
English - January 20, 2021 09:20 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBooks Arts TV & Film twilight stephenie meyer midnight sun vampires Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Sources used in this episode:
Auerbach, Nina. Our Vampires, Ourselves. Univ. of Chicago Press, 1996.
Meyer, Stephenie. Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined. Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Meyer, Stephenie. Midnight Sun. Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight. Atom, 2015.
Waddell, Terrie. “Consensual and Non-Consensual Sucking: Vampires and Transitional Phenomena.” Hospitality, Rape and Consent in Vampire Popular Culture, 2017, pp. 147-161., doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62782-3_4.
Suggested reading:
This article about the misogyny of “bros before hoes.”
Conversation starters for talking about romance novels:
1. Is there sex in that book?
2. Are boundaries respected? What does consent look like?
3. What is love? Do characters react lovingly when expressing emotions?
4. Does anyone threaten suicide when they don’t get their way?
5. What kind of double standards exist between boys and girls?
National Sexual Assault Hotline is 1-800-656-4673.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number is 800-273-8255.
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