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[saya22]

"The problem that needs to be fixed is not kick all the girls out of YA, it’s teach boys that stories featuring female protagonists or written by female authors also apply to them. Boys fall in love. Boys want to be important. Boys have hopes and fears and dreams and ambitions. What boys also have is a sexist society in which they are belittled for

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[calanthe_b]

This is such an awesome quote! It's a shame that such statements of the bleedin' obvious still have to be made in this day and age, though...

[saya22]

Oh those poor boys, having to share the world with those pesky girls. Why won't they go awaaaaay!

Have you read this http://www.themarysue.com/ny-times-to-ya-publishing-stop-being-so-girly/? It mindbogglingly and accurately reminds all these entitled sexist men that male pov have been dominating literature since the very beginning, and this growth of female-centric YA is a belated yet positive development to an otherwise stagnant pool of reading choices for children and young adult.