Deny it all you want. Swear that you’ve never seen them. Say that Edward Cullen is a sparkly freak. But deep down you know that the Twilight Saga has always intrigued you even just a little bit. In light of the release of Breaking Dawn: Part 1, the fourth installment of the saga, I must ask: why ...
Soon Bella Swan, of Twilight fame, will give birth to her vampire spawn. Or rather, after enduring an incredibly painful and life-threatening pregnancy, the baby will be literally ripped from her womb. It makes a girl wonder, why would anyone want to have sex with a vampire anyway? The Cracked team takes a stab (through ...
Twihards are described as either insipid teenager girls or lonely middle-aged women. The movies have been universally panned by critics but perhaps they don’t see the films the way the fans do. Are they intimidated by the female gaze? The most noticeable feature about Edward Cullen is his flushed red lips, that is if you ...
Imagine a review of Twilight written by a middle aged Englishman who hates romance and thinks that vampires are the lamest monster ever. Oh yes, it happened. And it’s even funnier than you think. Charlie Brooker is a columnist for the Guardian who just found out that Twilight is a love story. Yesterday. His inexplicable ...
We all know that Bella Swan is a terrible role model for women, but when Sookie Stackhouse heard that she’s been up to, she couldn’t help but get involved. She takes the troubled teen under her wing, and explains the ways of the world to her fellow vampire-lover in this letter.
In the Twilight series Bella Swan shuns the attention of a smitten werewolf and falls madly in love with Edward, a local vampire. His behaviour has been labelled abusive by critics, who worried that teenage girls were getting the wrong message. However, fans are falling hard for the werewolf, played by pumped up Taylor Lautner. ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
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Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
