[OYAN] Chicklit vs. ?

[Barbara Head]

I like  "Boy/Girl/Friends" -- I know my teen son would balk at the term
"courting," even though he has enjoyed reading a few of those books.

*Barbara J Head*
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On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Abbie Anderson <aanderson at cclsd.org> wrote:

>  "Friendship and Courting" is a great descriptor. Do you need something
> snappier, and/or easier to fit on a label? "Friends and Feelings" is
> probably too literal and too obvious.
>
> How about "Boy/Girl/Friends"? That could cover "me and my friends and our
> girlfriends and boyfriends" for all the gender variants and relationship
> variants. Maybe? Or the perhaps already passe "BFs, GFs, BFFs".
>
> Abbie
>
> On 08/08/2014 07:16 PM, Danielle Jones wrote:
>
> I like Lisa's  "Friendship and Courting" a lot - it really sums up the
> subject matter. If you want to be boring, but have some flexibility "From a
> Female POV" and "From a Male POV."
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Lisa Elliott <lisae at tigard-or.gov> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Stacy! I agree that the term “Chick Lit” is limiting to the varied
>> readers who enjoyed it, or would if they gave it a chance. Are you going to
>> be labeling the books or just putting them into different sections? Maybe
>> you can make a category up if you don’t have to choose a specific sticker.
>> How about “Friendship and Courting?”
>>
>>
>>
>> -L
>>
>>
>>
>> Lisa Elliott
>>
>> Young Adult Librarian
>>
>> Tigard Public Library
>>
>> lisae at tigard-or.gov
>>
>> 503-718-2654
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>> *From:* Stacy Johns [mailto:s.johns at newportlibrary.org]
>> *Sent:* Friday, August 08, 2014 10:19 AM
>> *To:* 'oyan at listsmart.osl.state.or.us'
>> *Subject:* [OYAN] Chicklit vs. ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi All!
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m working on splitting my smallish (2000 item) YA section into genres,
>> and one of the genres is, in essence “CHICK LIT.”    (It’s light, it
>> focuses as much or more on friendship than romance, it can sometimes be a
>> little bit steamy, it’s often humorous.)
>>
>>
>>
>> I have mixed feeling about the term--  between “it’s derogatory” and “it
>> is what it is”—plus there are boys who like them, and books with male main
>> characters, gay or straight.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any thoughts on alternative terminology for the signs?  Or a defense of
>> the term “Chick lit”?  What do y’all think?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks much!
>>
>>
>>
>> Stacy Johns
>>
>> YA Collection Development
>>
>> Newport Library
>>
>>
>>
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