Critics, fans, and feminist thinkers have continued to squabble among themselves over how to conceive of Twilight’s all-consuming love story between Edward and Bella-as a cautionary tale about the dangers of unbalanced relationships, or as a commentary on the virtue of an unswervingly committed partner. That was, of course, not the end of that conversation.

It’s therefore understandable that some have questioned the merits of Twilight’s message for womankind.” On the whole, beguilement by a teenage bad boy, however courtly his manner, doesn’t lead to eternal love nor is self-abnegation a reliable route to bliss. Bella’s fate isn’t only dispiriting it’s also deceptive. “As they decide her future she sleeps between them, the epitome of submissive passivity. “In a climactic argument, debate what’s best for her,” he wrote. For instance, in 2010, David Cox of the Guardian expressed some concern in a story called (amazingly) “ Twilight: the franchise that ate feminism.” It’s arguably the most notorious complaint about Twilight: That meek, indecisive teenager Bella Swan may be something of a sketchy role model for its largely teenage, largely female fan base. Take your pick: Twilight and its sequels are one big story about …

So because Breaking Dawn-Part 2, the final film in the mega-selling Twilight movie franchise, comes to theaters this weekend, it might be wise to decide just what strain of liberal arts-y interpretation you subscribe to. Big Bird: The Most American Muppet on Sesame Street.'The League': Fantasy-Football Hilarity or Commentary on Masculinity?.

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