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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2014 16:48:38 GMT -5
I've been attracted to most Melissas.
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Post by allegedly bryan on May 4, 2014 17:28:41 GMT -5
I disagree. I read the fault in our stars and thought it was pretty good but the gender of the author had nothing to do with that. i dont know the quality of the book, but there's people that think of him as some sort of ~visionary~ when really he's just a dude who's writing teen stuff. he seems cool enough but when ladies write youth fiction targeted to young girls it's just silly teen girl stuff but when john green does it he's apparently amazing. he's like the maclemore of books. I've never really thought that people see him as a visionary for being an author though. To me it seems like they think he's an incredible person for all he's done with YouTube like the vlogbrothers, the nerdfighters, project for awesome, the Lizzie Bennett diaries, vidcon, and crash course and stuff. The fact that he's an author is just also sort of cool. |
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Post by MisterM on May 5, 2014 2:58:58 GMT -5
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Post by B. on May 5, 2014 4:12:42 GMT -5
No it just happens to be a person from the same town with the same name as me |
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Post by B. on May 5, 2014 4:15:24 GMT -5
i have never read the fault in our stars but after googling some amazon reviews i could write something generic and samey about it after the librarian had forced me. rather like the novel's content itself huh
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2014 7:52:39 GMT -5
I'm not going to pretend I don't love the fault in our stars because I do.
As Willow Smith would say, the only thing you should do is what you want.
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Post by The Duchess on May 5, 2014 15:00:10 GMT -5
Speaking of john green books Sophie's sig is from prufock (ASOUE coincidence but nobody here cares) which is a poem quoted in a john green book
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Post by Rellim on May 5, 2014 15:54:04 GMT -5
I've been attracted to most Melissas. Wasn't Freshie's name Melissa? |
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Post by bandit on May 5, 2014 16:29:37 GMT -5
Speaking of john green books Sophie's sig is from prufock (ASOUE coincidence but nobody here cares) which is a poem quoted in a john green book I doubt it's a coincidence. |
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Post by Charles Vane on May 5, 2014 16:40:16 GMT -5
i dont know the quality of the book, but there's people that think of him as some sort of ~visionary~ when really he's just a dude who's writing teen stuff. he seems cool enough but when ladies write youth fiction targeted to young girls it's just silly teen girl stuff but when john green does it he's apparently amazing. he's like the maclemore of books. I've never really thought that people see him as a visionary for being an author though. To me it seems like they think he's an incredible person for all he's done with YouTube like the vlogbrothers, the nerdfighters, project for awesome, the Lizzie Bennett diaries, vidcon, and crash course and stuff. The fact that he's an author is just also sort of cool. he gets a lot of cred for being a dude in a lady field is all im saying. www.dailydot.com/fandom/john-green-young-adult-publishing-overshadows-women-criticism/ |
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Post by Skelly Craig on May 5, 2014 16:45:12 GMT -5
i dont know the quality of the book, but there's people that think of him as some sort of ~visionary~ when really he's just a dude who's writing teen stuff. he seems cool enough but when ladies write youth fiction targeted to young girls it's just silly teen girl stuff but when john green does it he's apparently amazing. he's like the maclemore of books. I remember Diablo Cody, the writer of Juno, being hailed as this visionary former stripper with a tough life and whatnot even though she wrote "silly teen girl stuff" as well, maybe spiced up with some hip teenage language which no teen has ever used. But I like your comparison, "the macklemore of books." |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2014 18:28:50 GMT -5
Tatiana
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Post by allegedly bryan on May 11, 2014 13:16:41 GMT -5
I've never really thought that people see him as a visionary for being an author though. To me it seems like they think he's an incredible person for all he's done with YouTube like the vlogbrothers, the nerdfighters, project for awesome, the Lizzie Bennett diaries, vidcon, and crash course and stuff. The fact that he's an author is just also sort of cool. he gets a lot of cred for being a dude in a lady field is all im saying. www.dailydot.com/fandom/john-green-young-adult-publishing-overshadows-women-criticism/Idk how I feel about some of the things said in that article but I did read the other articles that it linked to where people were praising John green Is John Green not unique as a writer really? I mean he seemed so to me but I haven't really read alot of young adult fiction so I'm not sure how similar his writing style is to other people If its similar and he gets credit for being a "visionary" then that's kind of lame. But It doesn't seem like people think of him as a visionary (to me anyway). Maybe it's just that the attraction is coming from him being a guy In a lady field, in the same way that women sometimes become notable for being ladies in a guy field? If that makes sense Man cohesive thoughts are hard sorry if this doesn't make sense |
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Post by BSam on May 12, 2014 2:06:42 GMT -5
i wish i were in a lady field
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Post by Charles Vane on May 12, 2014 3:53:45 GMT -5
Idk how I feel about some of the things said in that article but I did read the other articles that it linked to where people were praising John green Is John Green not unique as a writer really? I mean he seemed so to me but I haven't really read alot of young adult fiction so I'm not sure how similar his writing style is to other people If its similar and he gets credit for being a "visionary" then that's kind of lame. But It doesn't seem like people think of him as a visionary (to me anyway). Maybe it's just that the attraction is coming from him being a guy In a lady field, in the same way that women sometimes become notable for being ladies in a guy field? If that makes sense Man cohesive thoughts are hard sorry if this doesn't make sense i really dont even know dude, i thought the article brought up some good points but was also kind of stupid so it was balanced? from what ive heard, he's pretty much like any other good ya author but his dick has made him less susceptible to criticism. because he can just be like an ~author~ but women writing ya are chick lit writers. |
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