tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post7442891784831777894..comments2024-03-07T17:13:54.927-05:00Comments on A Fuse #8 Production: Podcast Edition: Horses = Sex (Making the HP/Equus Connection All the More Fun)fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-19017136046518617542007-04-03T20:08:00.000-04:002007-04-03T20:08:00.000-04:00I'm so tired of the sweeping generalizations about...I'm so tired of the sweeping generalizations about children's and YA literature. Slate and Salon are guilty of publishing such articles all the time. At least this is merely the blog opinion of a writer. Guess she shouldn't write YA fiction, eh?Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169707337312707247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-43941209352162079312007-04-03T16:53:00.000-04:002007-04-03T16:53:00.000-04:00I'm assuming we ALL must have missed something in ...I'm assuming we ALL must have missed something in this conversation... this woman is rambling on YA/children's lit that yes, probably include Cherry Ames, Student Nurse as the last YA book series she read... a lot of opinion, not a lot to back it up.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-25534151474672821032007-04-02T21:55:00.000-04:002007-04-02T21:55:00.000-04:00I do think you have to actively read a genre to be...I do think you have to actively read a genre to be able to critique it fairly and intelligently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-79671867421201766522007-04-02T18:52:00.000-04:002007-04-02T18:52:00.000-04:00I found her post very rambly. I really didn't see ...I found her post very rambly. I really didn't see what her point was in getting started on the whole thing. Was she responding to something, to some article critiquing kidlit?Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-21073242584473763812007-04-02T12:35:00.000-04:002007-04-02T12:35:00.000-04:00Oh, thank God. This was one of those postings tha...Oh, thank God. This was one of those postings that got me seriously worried when no one wrote in an opinion. This is a bit more like it. Let it all hang out.fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-50955567770071054072007-04-02T12:23:00.000-04:002007-04-02T12:23:00.000-04:00Oh, and I should add that in one of those locales ...Oh, and I should add that in one of those locales (maybe this one? I can't remember) she basically says that people who are concerned with children's literature or who write it can't be feminists.Gwendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05774768214058868450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-72564518600561457632007-04-02T12:14:00.000-04:002007-04-02T12:14:00.000-04:00One word: CRAZY.I've been watching this trainwreck...One word: CRAZY.<BR/><BR/>I've been watching this trainwreck in various locations for a week. CRAZY.Gwendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05774768214058868450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-24329888623341729542007-04-02T10:19:00.000-04:002007-04-02T10:19:00.000-04:00My impression is that Ore's knowledge of children'...My impression is that Ore's knowledge of children's literature (including YA) is both out of date and limited to her personal memories. Perhaps it's a false inference, but she seems to equate YA books with the "kid romances" she mentions in the next paragraph. I wonder where she's been, that she thinks student nurses are still what YA lit is about.<BR/><BR/>As for child eroticism -- if by this she means butts and gruesomeness, I can think of two such picture books by female authors without any hesitation: <I>Ain't Gonna Paint No More</I>, by Karen Beaumont, and <I>Tadpole's Promise</I>, by Jeanne Willis. And what about <I>Wolves</I>? And <I>The Dirty Cowboy</I>? And, and, and... I wouldn't say there's a gender bias without calculating the cold, hard statistics, but I think there's plenty out there to counter her argument.Lisa Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06605848269001923091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-8700383059560837922007-04-02T08:18:00.000-04:002007-04-02T08:18:00.000-04:00YA novels are written for the average reader--GAH!...YA novels are written for the average reader--GAH! Now, I didn't read "adult" novels until I was in college (my parents aren't readers and I wasn't in AP English and I LIKED YA novels, esp. Cynthia Voigt)...<BR/><BR/>This woman wouldn't "get" the movie You've Got Mail, methinks, Meg Ryan's line about what you read as a child forms who you are...I feel my blood pressure must have gone up at least two points already. <BR/><BR/>Deep breath. GAH!Sarah Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251034210962259082noreply@blogger.com