{"id":206145,"date":"2014-06-15T01:50:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T01:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/06\/15\/the-real-story-behind-the-war-over-ya-novels\/"},"modified":"2014-06-15T01:50:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T01:50:32","slug":"the-real-story-behind-the-war-over-ya-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/06\/15\/the-real-story-behind-the-war-over-ya-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"The real story behind the war over YA novels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The real story behind the war over YA novels<\/a><\/p>\n

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chelseyesque<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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erinburr<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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curliestofcrowns<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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angst-inmypants<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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note-a-bear<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s really motivating the cultural panic over The Hunger Games and The Fault in Our Stars?<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

y\u2019all should probably spend some time reading this<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Oh my god this was supposed to be about books but it\u2019s actually about my relationship with my parents I was unprepared for these feels<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

yep yep yep this<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“The hot insistence on labeling YA as \u201ctrashy\u201d and not fit for adult reading isn\u2019t just about a visceral hatred of genre fiction. It\u2019s also a form of denial from older adults who don\u2019t want to engage with the issues faced by Millennials. If the validity of experiences underlying the desire to read YA can be eliminated, then older adults can feel less responsible for what they did to the generations that followed them”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing. Seriously.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The real story behind the war over YA novels chelseyesque: erinburr: curliestofcrowns: angst-inmypants: note-a-bear: What\u2019s really motivating the cultural panic over The Hunger Games and The Fault in Our Stars? y\u2019all should probably spend some time reading this Oh my god this was supposed to be about books but it\u2019s actually about my relationship with … <\/p>\n

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