"In the spirit of speaking truth to diamond-skinned power, enjoy this list of unfortunate lessons girls learn from Twilight. (The list operates under the principle that any grownup female who embraces Twilight’s junior-high dreck temporarily sacrifices her “woman card.”) And so, with an insincere “love is forever,” we begin." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

# If a boy is aloof, stand-offish, ignores you or is just plain rude, it is because he is secretly in love with you — and you are the point of his existence. - Steven Perez

# Secrets are good — especially life-threatening ones. - Steven Perez

# It’s OK for a potential romantic interest to be dimwitted, violent and vengeful — as long as he has great abs. - Steven Perez

# If a boy tells you to stay away from him because he is dangerous and may even kill you, he must be the love of your life. You should stay with him since he will keep you safe forever. - Steven Perez

# If a boy leaves you, especially suddenly (while telling you he will never see you again), it is because he loves you so much he will suffer just to keep you safe. - Steven Perez

# When a boy leaves you, going into shock, losing all your friends and enduring night terrors are completely acceptable occurrences — as long as you keep your grades up. - Steven Perez

# It is extremely romantic to put yourself in dangerous situations in order to see your ex-boyfriend again. It’s even more romantic to remember the sound of his voice when he yelled at you. - Steven Perez

# Boys who leave you always come back. - Steven Perez

# Because they come back, you should hold out, waiting for them for months, even when completely acceptable and less-abusive alternative males present themselves. - Steven Perez

# Even though you have no intention of dating an alternative male who expresses interest in you, it is fine to string the young man along for months. Also, you should use him to fix things for you. Maybe he’ll even buy you something. - Steven Perez

# You should use said male to fix things because girls are incapable of anything mechanical or technical. - Steven Perez

# Lying to your parents is fine. Lying to your parents while you run away to save your suicidal boyfriend is an extremely good idea that shows your strength and maturity. Also, it is what you must do. - Steven Perez

# Car theft in the service of love is acceptable. - Steven Perez

# If the boy you are in love with causes you (even indirectly) to be so badly beaten you end up in the hospital, you should tell the doctors and your family that you “fell down the steps” because you are such a silly, clumsy girl. That false explanation always works well for abused women. - Steven Perez

# Men can be changed for the better if you sacrifice everything you are and devote yourself to their need for change. - Steven Perez

# Young women should make no effort to improve their social skills or emotional state. Instead, they should seek out potential mates that share their morose deficiencies and emotional illnesses. - Steven Perez

# Girls shouldn’t always read a book series just because everyone else has. - Steven Perez

# When writing a book series, it’s acceptable to lift seminal source material and bastardize it with tired, overwrought teenage angst. - Steven Perez

# When making or watching a major feature film, you should gleefully embrace the 20 minutes of plot it provides in between extended segments of vacant-eyed silence and self-indulgent, moaning banter. - Steven Perez

And my personal favorite: # Vampires — once among the great villains of literature and motion pictures — are no longer scary. In fact, they’re every bit as whiny, self-absorbed and impotent as any human being. - Steven Perez

Hilerious....... - Roberto Bonini from iPhone

Also: PLEASE tell me that the words "fell down the stairs" actually escaped a character's lips at some point. Geez, even Lifetime original movies don't use that excuse anymore. - Steven Perez