Sinking Your Teeth Into Popular Culture

Twilight was named one of Publisher Weekly's "Best Children's Books of 2005," given on November 2 of 2005(Brown and Roback). Publisher's Weekly does not seem to have a strict set of rules from which they select books, however on their website they stated, "At PW, we get to pick the books published this year that stayed with us, that we talked up, handed around, and of course argued about among ourselves."
Twilight was also announced as an award winner on the list of "Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults," from the American Library Association (ALA), issued on May 2 in 2012 . This award is given "to encourage young adults to read for pleasure by presenting to them lists of popular or topical titles which are widely available in paperback and
Calling out critics "who snub popular literature,"she elaborates on why they are missing the entire message: people are reading popular books, like Twilight, and therefore this literature needs to be critically evaluated so that it can have the most positive impact on society. "Popular culture is simultaneously impacted by popular fiction; the two are mutually transformative. Because literature is a product of our times, the novels authors choose to write are invariably connected to the society we live in" (Friedman). This literature will influence readers' ideas and behaviors and must be
We can constructively critique elements of the book, which reflect the common attitudes we already have, such as sexism, to explain to young adults concepts like misogyny. Religious attitudes towards the books that might describe the series as demonic or occultic, inhibit the First Amendment rights of young readers and take diversity away from the literature we provide young readers, giving them a much more dangerous, narrow way of thinking. By keeping the intended audience of age thirteen and up in mind, this book is appropriate for young adults to read and can be a way to foster understanding about sexist ideas of romantic