It's a shame that so many people are turning against Meg Cabot for her statement about feminist characters. A girl wanting to fundamentally change her physical identity for a boy is culturally regressive, yes. It disheartens me to hear young readers who are so quick to defend a character who "may be whiny" but is willing to do "anything" for love.

You don't have to like it. You are fully free to maintain your regressive ideals about relationships between males and females. You have the feminist movement to thank for that.

Today, a girl doesn't have to lose her identity -- change her name -- become a vampire.