[5]By Evergreen,
Wired Magazine has written [6] an amazingly insightful and funny take on the unintended Twilight messages to teen girls. The article is called the “Top 20 unfortunate Lessons Girls learn from Twilight” by John Scott Lewinski. Below I highlight seven of the 20 to give a taste of the irony and thought provoking humor. I hope you will find this as enlightening as I did.
1. If a boy is aloof, stand-offish, ignores you or is just plain rude, it is because he is secretly in love with you — and you are the point of his existence.
2. Secrets are good — especially life-threatening ones.
3. It’s OK for a potential romantic interest to be dimwitted, violent and vengeful — as long as he has great abs.
4. If a boy tells you to stay away from him because he is dangerous and may even kill you, he must be the love of your life. You should stay with him since he will keep you safe forever.
5. If a boy leaves you, especially suddenly (while telling you he will never see you again), it is because he loves you so much he will suffer just to keep you safe.
6. When a boy leaves you, going into shock, losing all your friends and enduring night terrors are completely acceptable occurrences — as long as you keep your grades up.
7. It is extremely romantic to put yourself in dangerous situations in order to see your ex-boyfriend again. It’s even more romantic to remember the sound of his voice when he yelled at you.
Continue reading the entire article [6].