The Trouble With Twilight Part Two: Teenage Girl Power with Maggie Hall Let's Muse About...

This is a continuation of our last episode with Maggie Hall, that discussed the female vs. male gaze in relation to the Twilight film franchise. This week we speak about teenage girl fandom re: Twilight (but mention broader YA fantasy and science fiction as well), in how teenage girls are demeaned and interpreted as unintelligent or devalued by the artistic things that they enjoy. We compare male vs female fandom in both Twilight and Marvel, whose movie industry booms occurred at around the same time, we compare Twilight fandom and One Direction fandom shipping, and we discuss how male auteurs can get away with the same flaws that viewers find in YA fantasy geared towards teenage girls, while teenage girl fandoms get demonized for it.