<div dir="ltr">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."<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">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?”
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<b>Subject:</b> [OYAN] Chicklit vs. ?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any thoughts on alternative terminology for the signs? Or a defense of the term “Chick lit”? What do y’all think?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks much!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stacy Johns</p>
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