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Sunday, January 15, 2012

The problem wit Twilight, take 3

I´ve already said that

1) Twilight has an erotic nature that goes largely unreflected and therefore has a potential of appealing to consumers in powerful ways without them noticing.

2) It´s imagery conveys a hatred against the female body (which is described in positive ways only after it gets damaged and destroyed in almost every possible way and reconstructed dehumanized, infertile and sexless).

3) Another problem that I have with Twilight is that it is basically a kristian story that pushes the "values" of body-hatred and ascetism.

4) Then it also pushes a blame-the-victim logic. Edward wants to kill Bella not because he is a vampire but because her blood smells super good. It is her responsibility not to tempt him. If he killed her, it would have been because she was too attractive/dirty.

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