There might be somebody out there who hates Smeyer more than we do...

Further details compliments of Yahoo! News:

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By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer Hillel Italie, Ap National Writer – Wed Apr 14, 6:22 am ET

NEW YORK – Stephenie Meyer, the hottest author for young people since J.K. Rowling, has a new link to the creator of "Harry Potter": a place high on the list of books most complained about by parents and educators.
Meyer's multimillion-selling "Twilight" series was ranked No. 5 on the annual report of "challenged books" released Wednesday by the American Library Association. Meyer's stories of vampires and teen romance have been criticized for sexual content; a library association official also thinks that the "Twilight" series reflects general unease about supernatural stories.
"Vampire novels have been a target for years and the `Twilight' books are so immensely popular that a lot of the concerns people have had about vampires are focused on her books," says Barbara Jones, director of the association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
Christian groups for years have protested the themes of wizardry in Rowling's books, which don't appear on the current top 10.
Topping the 2009 chart was Lauren Myracle's "IM" series, novels told through instant messages that have been criticized for nudity, language and drug references. Last year's No. 1 book, "And Tango Makes Three," by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, is now No. 2, cited again for its story about two male penguins adopting a baby. Third was Stephen Chbosky's "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," for which the many reasons include drugs, suicide, homosexuality and being antifamily.

Crappy sparklepire books protested by fundie parents... in other news, the sky is blue and water is wet.

Thats pathetic. If you're going to protest Twilight, do it for a good reason.

They've taken their sweet time over getting all pissed off over Twilight. They were burning Harry Potter pretty much from the moment people started reading it.

ZoZo wrote:

They've taken their sweet time over getting all pissed off over Twilight. They were burning Harry Potter pretty much from the moment people started reading it.

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Why can't they protest Lauren Myracle's books on the basis that they're really stupid and the characters have no redeeming value.
And I don't protest Twilight because of the vampires. I protest because it sends a bad message to young girls.

The idea that the books have been criticised for their sexual content makes my mind boggle above all else.

Sure, they're badly written and fucked up beyond reason- I don't care what my sister says, falling in love with a baby is not fucking spiritual- but the sexual content of the books is approximate to a chicken sandwitch.

Yes, they mention it. That's all. And the end of the day, the Twilight series was written for teenage girls. Teenage girls think about sex. Alot. Sorry fundie parents, but they do.

I can only conclude that these people have never seen an episode of Buffy.

karmyn31 wrote:

And I don't protest Twilight because of the vampires. I protest because it sends a bad message to young girls.

^^THIS.