Janey is a good book!

Anyway, I'm having a bit of a clear out of my screenshots folder, and came across one about our old friend #JacquelineWilson. She was very much against age recommendations on her books.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7650238.stm

I wonder why, JACQUELINE? Worried parents won't let their 9 year olds read about your protagonist fantasising about her imaginary teenage mother being raped? Or your 10 year old protag actually fantasising about being molested by a child predator?

Edit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7273777.stm

F*** YOU, WILSON!

This woman makes me so irrationally angry!

#freakinwilson #JacquelineWilsonIsCreepy #fckjacquelinewilson #books #kidslit #childrensbooks

@blockforest that's not even the worst of it. I seem to remember one where she describes a preteen as sexy. And there was one where a 10 year old girl fantasises about being molested by a dirty old perv. I didn't screenshot most of them though. The Girls series has the childish cover illustrations so kids and their parents think it's okay for 9 year olds, then you have a scene of grown men trying to drug and rape 13 year olds and they're like phew lucky escape, no harm done, let's not tell anyone. Actually, no, Wilson! It's a big freaking deal!!

Honestly, I wouldn't allow Wilson around any girls in my family. Reading her teen fiction as an adult, it's clear that 1. She seems to have a grudge against men and 2. She has a weird fascination with the sexuality of girls under 14 and normalises this. Teen pregnancy is no big deal to her. There's a difference between depicting the dark side of reality and normalising and romanticising it.

#JacquelineWilson #books #teenfiction