Abso-bloody-lutely. It's also the first thing my mind turns to when someone urges everyone to "write responsibly" about serious topics.
I think I got the genre immediately below this one in YA, the mid-seventies one which was all unwanted pregnancies, abusive boyfriends and sectarian violence, but I can see where some of it was tending. Obviously the sectarian violence was the entry-level drug and once kids became acculturated to it they started demanding stronger and stronger meat, preferably pre-rat-chewed.
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Date: 2010-07-27 12:42 pm (UTC)I think I got the genre immediately below this one in YA, the mid-seventies one which was all unwanted pregnancies, abusive boyfriends and sectarian violence, but I can see where some of it was tending. Obviously the sectarian violence was the entry-level drug and once kids became acculturated to it they started demanding stronger and stronger meat, preferably pre-rat-chewed.