More YA stuff.

So, we have a minor uproar on Twitter, prompted by this article in the Wall Street Journal, in which the author pretty much says that YA is the equivalent of those horrifyingly violent video games that are ruining our youth, with its intense depictions of "damage, brutality and losses of the most horrendous kinds." It also contains this gem: "Self-destructive adolescent behaviors are observably infectious and have periods of vogue."
As in, cutters cut because it's "cool".
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I really have very little to say that hasn't already  been  said, except this: I almost find that side thing most offensive: "Books for Young Men/Books for Young Women"
Really? Is there a reason some of these books are under this? That's a rhetorical question - I've read some of those books, and there's no reason they'd be more suitable/preferred for girls or boys.

So in conclusion: