tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982703575185352867.post4968475428833291998..comments2023-10-22T05:07:54.341-07:00Comments on Permanently Inked: I'm OK too.Heather Duffy-Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157262970980511917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982703575185352867.post-52471823900672986912008-07-25T21:29:00.000-07:002008-07-25T21:29:00.000-07:00My feeling is that it's up to us to debunk all of ...My feeling is that it's up to us to debunk all of that, as much as we can--ie: not buy into it. YA Pride!Micol Ostowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432601846296713150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982703575185352867.post-78644116339896601022008-07-24T07:07:00.000-07:002008-07-24T07:07:00.000-07:00All true... the backlash is funny to me because Ra...All true... the backlash is funny to me because Rabb is simply talking about an attitude that is out there, not supporting it... and she has some fantastic outtakes on her blog.Heather Duffy-Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157262970980511917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982703575185352867.post-19796365997026080612008-07-23T13:41:00.000-07:002008-07-23T13:41:00.000-07:00As someone who has just finished an MFA in Creativ...As someone who has just finished an MFA in Creative Writing program, I can assure you that the snobbery of which Rabb speaks is VERY much alive and well and widespread. My own academic advisor stopped taking me seriously when I mentioned I was working on a project I perceived to be young adult. <BR/><BR/>You'd think that when such literary luminaries as Joyce Carol Oates and Michael Chabon made their entries into the YA realm that the genre as a whole would have received a more venerable status or, at the very least, there would be an end to the second class citizen treatment. <BR/><BR/>But no. Writers whose work is classified as YA are still made to feel like it's something to be ashamed of, like there's no way they can be artistic if their audience hasn't achieved adulthood. And, as Rabb suggests, this comes from the most literary people out there.<BR/><BR/>But, as my mother always said, no one can make you feel bad but you. So I'm proud of Rabb for laying this out on the table and telling people whose books are being sold as YA that no one should (or can)make them feel bad. No one.Brian Farreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13752212248460652888noreply@blogger.com