That is BULLSHIT. I loved the twins as well (though admittedly read Babysitter's Club more religiously) and to screw with their sizes is fucking ridiculous. That makes me so angry I can't even voice it.

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It totally is. It's like Marilyn Monroe was a size 12 and now that would be just ungodly enormous to the general public. It's crazy. Although, I do know that the size 12 that Marilyn wore is prolly more like a size 8 or something now, but even then. It's crazy. Okay, now I'm repeating myself.

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Aiee. A size four? I mean, I'm not sure vanity sizing should apply in Sweet Valley.

Even more mournful to me is the fact that I *was* a six when I read those books last...

On a completely unrelated note, I sent you an e-mail but I'm not sure it was to the address you currently use.

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I know, right?

And on a semi-related note, I do use that address but I'm in the process of phasing it out. I replied, though. Check your email! :-)

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You're the best - thanks!

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Ok I didn't like SVH. I thought it was too much, "Oh blonde, blue eyed is beautiful" and it used to make me bitter cause I felt like I couldn't relate. To me, SVH promoted the Barbie stereotype. Though I do love barbie ... ANYWAYS
I was always a bigger fan of "Babysitter's Club" because they had Claudia, the Korean. I may not be Korean but it's so much closer than SVH.

But I completely agree - a size 4???? I just read that they're described as 5'6", much taller than I am - and they're expected to be skinnier?
Why don't the media want people to love curves? Curves are SO fuckin beautiful!!! AHHHH I hate this!!!

I also had a problem with Devil Wears Prada where they tell Anne Hathaway she's fat at a size 7 or 6 or whatever she says. And they tell her to go down to a 4 or a 2. What the hell?!?!? GRRR

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It's funny you should mention the Devil Wear Prada, because I thought the exact same thing when I read it. Anne Hathaway was a size 6, which is why the gay fashion guru mentor guy called her Six a few times. Which is a harshly accurate example of how, especially in the fashion world, you are the size you wear.

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that's always my problem with the fashion world, they want you to be a stick figure. and that influences so many girls to have eating disorders.

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Yeah, I loved SVH and Babysitters Club as well.... but my Fav's were Christopher Pike and (less so) R L Stine (Goosebumps, not his young adult stuff). I did appreciate SVH and Babysitters Club for their "series" styles, as opposed to the individual novellas following their own short storylines. Man, I love Christopher Pike..... oh, and L J Smith. She followed short series, like the Vampire Diaries and Forbidden Game Series (Julian.....mmmmmmm.....). L J Smith is by far my favorite author. She's awesome.

Oh, and BOO!!!! To updating the SVH sizes.

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Heh... why am I not surprised that you like Christopher Pike and RL Stine. :-)

And total boo.

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naw my favorites as a kid were babysitters club and rl stine only really ... i loved the fear street saga

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"also had a problem with Devil Wears Prada where they tell Anne Hathaway she's fat at a size 7 or 6 or whatever she says"

I LOVED that they called her that because it was perfectly in line with their roles. While we don't LIKE that people do that, we can't ignore it.

They did not make judgement calls on how people ate or commented on others; we the audience were allowed to find them horrible people for saying that. Which is better than ignoring it: it makes us say "That's not fat!" Which is way better then them saying it for us.

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what bothered me about devil wears prada, as true as it is to how the fashion world is, is that girls who watch that, especially tweens and teens, will take it as, "OMG i have to be a size 2 or 4 now"

And that leads to eating disorders, and that's where I have a huge problem with it.

I liked how it shows how shallow the fashion world is but some people aren't going to see that line that way. *le sigh*

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I don't think The Devil Wears Prada is much of an endorsement for the industry, honestly.

I want to be Miranda Priestly.

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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really hoped they were maybe a 12 or something now.

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there was an interesting blog about this (okay there were millions, but still)...

http://www.poundy.com/2008/03/28/sweet-valley-fresh-hell/#comments

(just gotta ski the first paragraph)

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That was a great read; thanks, Dani!

On a similar, but unrelated note of literary fucked up-edness, if you follow a link from the blog you posted to here, the first comment to that article was awesome.

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