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• I really can't stand Twilight. It glorifies an abusive boyfriend (Edward only controls her every move because he loves her!) but it's full of sexism. All the women do the cooking and cleaning, or else they're shallow bitches. The men
  (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
• *It not only glorifies an abusive boyfriend, but... Aha, weird typo there.
  (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
• @SwimmingHorses - Except Bella doesn't make her own decisions about Edward, or try to keep him safe or Edward's family. In fact, all the vampires were coming after her. If she was concerned about Edward's safety she would have wanted
  (posted to Misogyny in Popular Teen Literature? )
• Thank you for giving us something to believe in.
  (posted to Thank You Thursdays Community Edition: I Heart Feministing!)
• The problem with any kind of pro-choice message, is that even though Bella really wants the baby, Edward is basically like, "Oh, I would force abortion the thing if it weren't for Rosalie." He really didn't give a damn what
  (posted to A Significant Step Down from Buffy)

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• Please understand what I am about to wirte is all based on my personal opinion and beliefs. I am not a basher on anti-femenist (or else I wouldn't be here =D) Just remember that I believe that as humans we (posted to A Significant Step Down from Buffy)
• Just wanted to mention another a couple of other times when Edward abuses Bella. -Edward pulls her by her jacket against her will and forces her into the car. If she doesn't get in then he would drag her back. (posted to A Significant Step Down from Buffy)
• I won't get too into the whole 'unhealthy relationship' aspect of Twilight thing because I could go on all day. However, feminism means - fem·i·nism (fm-nzm) n. 1. Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. 2. (posted to Misogyny in Popular Teen Literature? )
• THIS NOVEL IS JUST A LOVE STORY LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHER LOVE STORIES. YOU PEOPLE ARE EXAGERRATING A LOT IN YOUR COMMENTS (IN MY OPINION) (posted to Misogyny in Popular Teen Literature? )
• I just listened to the audio book version and couldn't believe it--I had to google "Edward + mysogynist" just to see if anyone else in the world was picking up on the controlling, totally scary relationship vibe touted by this (posted to Misogyny in Popular Teen Literature? )

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