For further entertainment try this Twilight Trailer Spoof which made me giggle hysterically.

I can see the racism thing with Laurent – it didn’t strike me before because I was skimming through the book very swiftly and ignoring many things. Including, apparently, the fact that Laurent was black. Also didn’t know Stephenie Meyer was Mormon until I’d finished the first three books, so I didn’t even think about the Mormons & American Indians issue. Interesting.

However, I don’t think it’s insidious propaganda. I don’t think any of it is. Stephenie Meyer really doesn’t strike me as self-aware enough for racist OR sexist propaganda. Creepiest thing about these books: I read an interview with her where the interviewer asked if she had an Edward in her life, and she said, “No – I wish! I’ve only had normal human romances.”

Ugh. That makes me shudder every time I think about it. So, so creepy. At least when Dorothy Sayers was obsessed with her protagonist, he was a feminist. (A crybaby feminist, but hey, that time he taught Harriet to fight instead of trying to defend her, that bought him a lot of leeway in my book.)

http://alisavaldesrodriguez.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html#3554407638079814097

After the Wiki plot description of Breaking Dawn pretty much nothing could phase me about the books’ plot. What I’m shocked about is that, contrary to the “harmless trashy novel” image I thought the books had there is an equally strong meme among both print reviewers and fans that the series is good “squeaky clean” fun for little girls. I know all hell broke loose plot wise in the latest book (there’s sex now!) but…I heard nothing about the book before that implied it was Little Women/Anne of Green Gables (or something) for the modern day tween set.

Seriously? Seriously.

(Funniest bit in the post was where the blogger claimed that she saw Meyer’s faith live, direct and in-action (!)…mostly because she refused a cup of coffee. HA! We don’t ask much these days.)