The 'chick-lit' label: Demeaning or empowering
By LESLIE GRAY STREETER
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
For a genre whose name recalls something as harmless as candy-coated gum, the term "chick-lit" sure has become divisive. While the term was coined by writer and University of Illinois at Chicago Professor Cris Mazza in a series of mid-1990s anthologies of alternative women's fiction, it's now commonly used to describe solidly commercial novels in the Bridget Jones's Diary vein. Read rest of article here.
It's the cutesy name that bothers me most...
ReplyDeleteI guess they didn't have anything else to call it. But, I believe there's a whole new chick lit coming that will be even better!
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