The Twilight Saga: Cleverly Disguised Porn

Wow. Just wow. This writer at the Daily Reveille sounds like a bitter columnist who could never get a book deal off the ground. While I love, and agree with her comment that Twilight is cleverly disguised porn (this site is proof-positive of that), her snotty comments and brash depiction of Stephenie Meyer are clearly out of line:

In a traditional sense, porn is defined as “something with no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire,” according to the Webster’s dictionary definition.

The escapism is expressed via the caricaturized romance between Bella, a teenage girl who bears a suspicious resemblance to series’ author, and Edward, a century-old sparkling vampire who can’t decide whether he wants to kiss Bella or eat her.

But Twilight’s brand of porn, otherwise known as “girl porn,” does not rely on graphic material to captivate its female audience. Rather, this special type of porn manifests itself in the form of emotional binges, excessive romanticizing and interaction with impossibly perfect male characters.

Those were the most positive lines of the article; I couldn't bring myself to post such negativity on this site. You'll have to read the article. The author goes on to say that:

"It is an insult to female sexuality to be marketed to in such a tasteless way. Additionally, such unashamed marketing will have serious repercussions by giving women unrealistic expectations about men, just as regular porn gives men unrealistic expectations about women."

Apparently, millions of Twilighter tweens, teens, young adults, and moms are way off base. Shame on us. And because you had to trudge through all of that trash-talk, I present you with more Twilight eye candy. Because after all of that smuttines, we clearly need more "cleverly disguised porn."

This picture is not so "cleverly disguised." But try to enjoy it nonetheless.