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Jen Nedeau
Jen Nedeau is a media relations professional and a writer based in New York City. She was a former editor of the Women's Rights Blog at Change.org until December 2009.
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Jen commented on the article |Yes - signing petitions, talking about these issues with your peers, joining feminist organizations, volunteering for a local Planned Parenthood clinic - all things you can do! Thanks for reading.
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Jen commented on the article |First off, I think it is incredibly important to debate matters of fiction and fact given the influence that these sort of books have on people. As someone who has studied literature, both in English and Spanish, I can tell you that you learn a lot about a society by the way fiction represents it.
And the point of this article is to really ask you all a question, of which few of you have actually answered. (Talk about reading the book - read the post, not just the title, please).
Again, here is my question -
With the release of the latest Twilight movie, "New Moon" I am compelled to ask women everywhere, "Why do you watch and read this story? Do you think it is regressive in terms of how it represents women?"
I want to learn from you about WHY you are reading the book. I haven't read it, but I do own it. I've flipped through it and frankly the writing is so bad, I can't stand to look through it for more than 5 minutes. But these are relevant conversations to be having in m opinion, which is why I brought it up.
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Jen commented on the article |
I am really enjoying this conversation - with the different viewpoints presented. I will say that romance is a human experience, but the way that romance happens can be a feminist or non-feminist experience. Feminist relationships seek equal parternships, not ones that subjugated the woman or man.
I would definitely watch the Buffy vs. Edward mashup - it is a great example of how pop culture has denigrated female empowerment in recent history.
Also, here is another article from Ms. Magazine on a similar topic:
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