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Date: 18 October 2007 07:35 am (UTC)Although the definitions you quoted are extreme, for some badly or generic written ones of the genre, it would be correct. Though really they're just modern young adult written versions of school life shoujo manga (though most not as frilly as some shoujo manga can be).
I've read a lot of female oriented fantasy/sci-fi books and I don't think I've ever come across one that would be termed "girly" or even close to "chick lit" (though I'm sure there are ones made for it). I haven't read the book discussed, but I've flipped through it and I certainly wouldn't think of it as such. It's like calling the Tale of Genji chick lit. ¬_¬
But yes, I don't use is as a bad thing, mostly to quickly state a type of book (urban light romance with quirky charas/situations and almost always centered around her career).
As stated in the comments above me there are guy lit books too and I mostly don't care for them. I think in 12 years of schooling I got enough of the male coming of age stories to last me a life time. And I don't want to get started with chick flicks (in which I definitely *hate* that term as i'm probably as avid if not more of a moviegoer than bookreader) as a genre/review.
Sucks that you're surrounded by such male chauvinism when the discussions should really be about the books and story elements and such, and not constantly needing to defend female authors.