A heroine is strong, brave and … a blank slate?
“I am powerful. I can do anything. I am Bella.” When my roommate used this phrase to describe her feeling of empowerment after watching the last installment of Twilight, I immediately channeled my inner Gilmore Girl and thought “oy with the poodles already.” This was quickly followed by a knee-jerk, face palm reaction. For those of you out of the pop culture loop, Bella Swan is a normal (read blank-slate) girl that moves to Forks, Wash. and falls into a relationship with a sp