I think this article really misinterpretted the whole Twilight series. Especially the anti-feminist comment which Stephenie responded to with: "There are those who think Bella is a wuss. There are those who think my stories are misogynistic—the damsel in distress must be rescued by strong hero.

To the first accusation, I can only say that we all handle grief in our own way. Bella's way is no less valid than any other to my mind. Detractors of her reaction don't always take into account that I'm talking about true love here, rather than high school infatuation.

I emphatically reject the second accusation. I am all about girl power—look at Alice and Jane if you doubt that. I am not anti-female, I am anti-human. I wrote this story from the perspective of a female human because that came most naturally, as you might imagine. But if the narrator had been a male human, it would not have changed the events. When a human being is totally surrounded by creatures with supernatural strength, speed, senses, and various other uncanny powers, he or she is not going to be able to hold his or her own. Sorry. That's just the way it is. We can't all be slayers. Bella does pretty well I think, all things considered. She saves Edward, after all." http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/nm_thestory.html

As much as I love Meg, her comment really upsets me. She obviously hasn't read the series and therefore drawing the wrong conclusions on why Bella wants to be turned into a vampire. And about the sex thing... the fact that Twilight is selling so much without having to add smut in it is definitely a gift from above. Its sad to say, that the world has had enough smut out there to last a lifetime and the twilight series is definitely a very nice break from all of that. I mean, we get sex pushed into our face with tv commercials, movies, advertisement, etc. Twilight takes a different approach about the whole matter and its definitely the positive way of looking at things.