Last week, I wrote about feminism’s latest complaint–Twilight. While I thought it was silly to begin with, I kept wondering where all the articles were coming from. Given my experience of working with liberals and in conservative politics, I’ve noticed one thing. The left-wing blogosphere and liberal media only use a few sources. If a major publication or blog (Think Progress or Daily Kos) post a story, hundreds of other blogs will cut and paste the exact post on their blogs and only occassionally cite the source.
This appeared to have happened with feminists. Ms. magazine launched the meme that Twilight is bad. This served several purposes. It gave feminists something to discuss other than Sarah Palin, and it connected feminism to the number one topic trending on Google. Two boons for the beleagured movement.
Why Twilight? Feminists are known for complaining about what happens to be in the news, but is there another reason? Is it possible that feminists have singled out Twilight, not because of the teen angst and decisions that Bella makes, but because of author Stephanie Meyer’s religion? Ms. reveals their hypocrisy:
Meyer insists that she sees Bella as a feminist character, since the foundation of feminism is being able to choose. What Meyer fails to acknowledge is that all of the choices Bella makes are Meyer’s choices—choices based on her own patriarchal Mormon background. In Breaking Dawn, the latest book in the series, Meyer finally allows Bella’s subordination to end as she takes her proper place: in the patriarchal structure. When Bella becomes a wife and mother, Meyer allows her to receive her heart’s desire—to live forever by Edward’s side, to be preternaturally beautiful and graceful, to be strong and be able to defend herself.
This follows the feminist pattern of explaining that feminism is about women making choices for themselves unless the woman is conservative, Christian or Republican. Then, she’s merely propping up the patriarchy.
Click here to read even more feminist whining about Twilight. Also Campus Progress claims New Moon has an abstinence “fetish.” Can abstinence be a fetish?
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