tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676775744668550808.post933841486382224424..comments2023-05-16T08:49:00.333-04:00Comments on Feminists Talk Books: Discussion: Age Appropriation, Mature Content and YAFeministsTalkBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08499136257558502922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676775744668550808.post-47814049706619908252015-09-03T03:09:49.496-04:002015-09-03T03:09:49.496-04:00Thank you for your comment! This is such a wonderf...Thank you for your comment! This is such a wonderful thought - and honestly, one I hadn't really thought of. I think when I think of YA having a slightly negative effect, it is only the younger pre-teens and young teenagers that I think of. But I do agree that it would be too hard to measure what is mature for certain ages. Again, thank you for your comment - it's really interesting to see somebody else's point of view :-) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005795072774453855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676775744668550808.post-19696218746720929582015-08-07T20:52:54.823-04:002015-08-07T20:52:54.823-04:00I think you present a pretty interesting view here...I think you present a pretty interesting view here. It's really easy for us 18+ readers to say that YA shouldn't be censored and that all the controversial topics is a good thing, because we're not at an age that we would actually get confused by something we read about. And while it is a little odd to think of suicide as a "hot" topic in YA, I think that it generally is fine. But then again, I'd *like* to think that no major publisher would publish something romanticizing any of these topics, but I could be wrong. But in my experience, I definitely remember an age when I thought certain aspects of suicide were "romantic," I guess (as maybe other young teens might). But I remember reading a YA book in which an MC's brother committed suicide and the entire book was about the after effects, and it was completely devastating. It wiped out any lingering thoughts about suicide being "romantic" that I'd ever had, and instead made me think about how it is often such a selfish action in some cases -- not thinking about how your death/absence will affect the loved ones around you. I think it was "Waiting" by Carol Lynch Williams. So I think it's hard to deem what is and what isn't too mature, when it can potentially be so beneficial.<br />- Lina @ Every Book a WorldAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03946936341451337324noreply@blogger.com