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so, it looks like there’s going to be another twilight book…

and i have mixed, mostly negative, feelings. on one hand, i’m honestly excited. i’ve loved this series for probably more than half my life. (i’m 24 now, for context.) i saw every movie in theatres. i went to the midnight release of breaking dawn (and stayed up until 7am to finish reading it, and walked to the bookstore that morning to secure my place in line, and stared at the countdown for hours on end some nights because i couldn’t think of anything else, and… you get the picture.) i can’t find it anymore but i’m 95% sure i’m wearing a handmade “team edward” shirt in my seventh grade yearbook. my copies of the books are destroyed, because i read and loaned them to friends that much. i’m pretty sure there was a period of time i carried at least one book with me everywhere because i was probably rereading it.  i’ve been running a pretty active twilight blog for over 18 months now, and i honestly don’t plan on going anywhere for awhile.

and in running this blog, i’ve done my best to educate myself on the issues in twilight. when i was younger, and a much more vocal fan, i was made fun of a lot for liking the books (and everything else; this was just more ammo.) and it was because i was a girl, liking a book by a girl, written for girls, about a girl. and yes, twilight did receive misogynistic critiques, undeserved, just because it was “a girl thing.” and that’s never cool. but i, and so many fans of this series, and so many people of this series, are white. and no matter how much mocking twilight receives for being a “girl thing,” that is nowhere near the amount of criticism and hatred it should receive for the racism embedded in every. single. page. of the books. twilight is written by an incredibly racist white woman, and that can not, and should not, be ignored.

the quileute tribe is a real group of people living in washington state, and stephenie meyer, a white woman, used their real histories, and twisted them as much as she wanted to fit her stories. the tribe itself, on the “truth vs. twilight” page through the burke museum, says “ Treated as fictional werewolfs, the Quileute people are portrayed as mythic characters in a fantasy role, rather than as human beings.” in co-opting their stories, stephenie meyer removed their rights as human beings, in a world where native people are already oppressed. in her books meyer: describes the wolves as “out of control,” has her main characters (a white family) constantly refer to the people as “dogs,” sexualizes them (most of these characters are 14-16, and she describes them as looking like grown men. jacob black, a 16 year old, says he looks 25. they are almost always described (by our adult narrator) as being shirtless), and has them imprinting on children. emily young, one of the native women, is assaulted by her fiance and it is brushed aside. leah clearwater, another native woman, is constantly treated as a bitter harpy and hated by nearly every character, despite valid reasons for her acting that way. they literally turn into animals. that’s just a small sampling of the things she does to her native characters in her books.

twilight is a work of fiction, but works of fiction have real life consequences. in my time in this fandom, i’ve seen fans of this series perpetuate the same racism that smeyer does. there are posts calling them dogs, and advocating for violence against these characters. there are fanfic writers writing these teenagers in sexual situations. on a larger scale, again from the burke museum’s series, “In the wake of the popularity of the book and film saga, the Quileute Tribe has been forced to negotiate the rights to their own oral histories, ancient regalia and mask designs, and even the sanctity of their cemetery.” 

this series has caused real-life, negative consequences for native people, and the renaissance is a part of that. you can be a fan of twilight, and make memes, and write fanfic, and create art, and still read the books and watch the movies, and however else we enjoy this series, but it is wrong to ignore this deplorable aspect of the books and their fandom. 

in the wake of a new book, and a likely new wave of fans (and more returners), please keep this all in mind. enjoy the new book! enjoy the old ones! and the movies! and fanfic and share with your friends and have fun. but please also use this as an opportunity to educate yourself, and to educate those around you. advocate for change for the quileute people, and for all native people. we can do better as a fandom.

we can do better as people.

under the cut (so it can continue to be updated!), i’m going to compile as many resources as i know to help educate people of the quileute tribe. anti-native racism, how we can help, and other ways we can make a difference. please let me know of any further links you may have! if i link your post and you do not want it linked, let me know and i will remove it asap.

most important: the quileute tribe is currently working on their move to higher ground project. many of their lands are currently in flooding danger zones, and this project is (as the name suggests) working to move to safer areas so they can continue to thrive. if you are able, please consider donating to that project here.

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