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Upon discovering and rejecting "Chick-Lit"When I first came across the term chick-lit, it was at one of the literary sites in which I partake, and I had never seen that term before, and at first I thought it had meant women who where into literature and I generally dislike anything which is categorized as being male or female in nature, but I just shrugged it off and did not think much of it, and I kept seeing the term start to pop more within literary communities, and I had began to think that it referred to things along the nature of Jane Austin, Pride and Prejudice, Charlotte Brontte, Jane Eyre, etc.. that sort of thing, that Victorian, Romanticism, Gothic literature that was written by women writers of the day and does aim more at toward women, but I found the term quite obnoxious and grew to rather dislike it.
Eventually primarily because of having nothing better to do, I decided to officially look up what the term meant, sense it seems it has become something of an accepted contemporary genre of fiction, and apparently Chick-lit are books that are usually written by women for women and contain a woman protagonist. While granted there might be some books that in general to tend to attract women then men, in my point of view this sort of categorization is more Anti-Feminist then Pro-Feminist, and it brought me back to mind to the words of a notes female poet, though I cannot recall just off the top of my head her name, but upon being questioned about being a female poet her response was "I do not know what it means to be a female poet, I do not consider myself a female poet, I am simply a poet, and wish that my works would be judged on their merit alone and not be judged based upon gender." She wanted her works to be able to rival and stand along side the works of men purely because of her skill and talent and not simply because she was a woman who had a talent for writing. So I found this whole thing quite annoying, and so I looked up to see just what kind of books were considered to be "chick-lit" and upon seeing this, well I decided that I had rather have such trash be given its own special little genre and the "chick-lit" could have their shit. I know it is harsh but seeing those works, I wouldn't want them anywhere near anything that I might read, and I do not think any truly studious, intelligent, intellectual woman would seriously read any of that nonsense. Even though they try to claim they are not just a sub-genre of romance, in a why that is exactly what it really is. Some people might be so inclined to read such things because they gain some passing entertainment or amassment from it, I have my own reading guilty pleasures if you will, but really chick-lit is just the book version of the poplar pop phrase of a chick-flick. Now I am only offended by the fact that they are using an abbreviation for the word literature, of which it is not anywhere close to being. 1:52 PM - 7/12/2009 - post comment
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