tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828823099864315938.post5484097725031368522..comments2023-10-12T16:08:14.017+01:00Comments on Lashings of Ginger Beer Time Blog: Six Reasons The Hunger Games is not Twilight and One Reason It MattersAnnalyticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06402598855200483948noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828823099864315938.post-36052899343316985612012-04-26T18:37:45.559+01:002012-04-26T18:37:45.559+01:00Hunger games = (battle royale + handmaid's tal...Hunger games = (battle royale + handmaid's tale)?ashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828823099864315938.post-67979313142306688042012-04-21T00:55:29.742+01:002012-04-21T00:55:29.742+01:00I suspect that 'Carlotta Reads Twilight' w...I suspect that 'Carlotta Reads <i>Twilight</i>' would be significantly less failsauce! I'd quite like to see it too, actually.Galateahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311943348880788160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828823099864315938.post-40733166952756546762012-04-20T19:33:02.270+01:002012-04-20T19:33:02.270+01:00I didn't know 'So-and-So Reads Twilight So...I didn't know 'So-and-So Reads Twilight So You Don't Have To' was a thing! I've been trying to persuade Carlotta to record something like this - hearing her recount the plot of Twilight was one of the most entertaining ten minutes I've ever spent.Annalyticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402598855200483948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828823099864315938.post-17377610019690831092012-04-20T17:23:25.985+01:002012-04-20T17:23:25.985+01:00Here is a fun fact for anyone reading this: Normal...Here is a fun fact for anyone reading this: Normally, we get at least 2 Lashers to proofread each blog post before it goes up, in order to guard against errors and inadvertent fail. This time around, it was really difficult to get 2 people together to do the proofing -- because such a large proportion of Lashings is currently in the process of reading <i>The Hunger Games</i>, and didn't want to be spoilered!<br /><br />This is a great post, and I really like it. I am currently having All The Thoughts on the cultural devaluing of Stuff Teenage Girls Like, and how inhibiting and disheartening this can be when you actually *are* a teenage girl. I can't be the only person who spent a significant chunk of the 90s listening to Pearl Jam and White Zombie and desperately hoping that nobody found out I was actually into Courtney Love... <br /><br />I was also recently subjected by one of my non-Lashings friends to a whole lot of those YouTube videos around the theme of 'So-and-So Reads Twilight So You Don't Have To'. Examples here: <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L253VLwH3w&feature=related<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGVUFrzoUto&ob=av3e<br /><br />I was really struck by the privilege on display in some of them. The second ('Charlie Reads Twilight'), in particular, seems to wilfully take the books out of context, mocking elements of the plot that are no sillier than anything you'd find in a Stephen King novel (yes, Carlyle can hear Bella's heart beating from across the room... that's because <i>he's a fucking vampires!</i>). One of them also makes fun of the male Twilight characters by feminising them (calling Carlyle 'Carly' and using female pronouns for him, etc). I found it rather telling. <br /><br />I'm certainly not a defender of Twilight, especially since, as you point out, there are so many things for which it really does deserve to be laughed at/criticised... but I am awfully tired of the meme that 'teenage girls like it' = 'it's stupid'.Galateahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311943348880788160noreply@blogger.com