"Men write universal stories. Women write stories for girls. Men write Literature. Women write chick lit. Even in a world where women do publish in heavier numbers than men do, they are underscored, underseen, and undervalued. Twilight is and will remain a crucial part of YA’s history — YA’s female-driven history — despite or in spite of the fact it doesn’t garner the same praises that those held up as idols within the community do. Men like John Green become symbols of YA’s forward progress and Seriousness as a category, whereas Stephenie Meyer gets to be a punchline."

A Censored History of Ladies in YA Fiction (via catagator)

Yet again another article crossed my dashboard saying, “Well, if John Green is why publishers are willing to take a chance on YA fiction, I’m all for it!” This article was unsurprisingly written by a man. I am extremely displeased. John Green would have about as much of a following as any of the random realistic-fiction books I read as a kid if it weren’t for J(oanne) K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer cracking that market open wide.

How many times do we need to repeat this? Women. It was women who wrote books that made it okay for adults to read YA and kidlit again. It was women who created and carried on the fan culture that allowed John Green to become famous. Stop erasing the EXTREMELY RECENT contributions of women. JKR is still publishing books. Stephenie Meyer might be, I don’t know, but Twilight came out less than a decade ago.

(via madmaudlingoes)