Hannah Moskowitz: I Don't Think This Really Needs Much Explanation

Thursday, July 22, 2010

I Don't Think This Really Needs Much Explanation

19 comments:

Aleeza said...: I'd make out with it. :D; July 22, 2010 at 3:41 PM
Remilda Graystone said...: Funny vlog! I liked it, and I can't wait to read some of the books that've been mentioned.; July 22, 2010 at 4:46 PM
vic caswell said...: i loved the concept of this video, but i think the experiment is flawed a bit... all the covers you picked were covers (from what i could tell on the screen) looked really gender neutral. i wonder if the results would be different if you chose covers that are just a close-up of a girl's face (bunches of great YA books are this way) or have half-naked men (thinking City of Bones- which i think most guys would like- despite the stereotypical boy characters). i think the numbers may be a bit different. also, the sampling... for a good experiment, more subjects would be needed... now, i'm really curious. i'm thinking field trip... i wonder when my next day off work is...; July 22, 2010 at 7:11 PM
hannah moskowitz said...: aspiring_x--you're totally right; it was a completely flawed experiment. I think even calling it an experiment might be an insult to experiments. We were just fucking around.

A few reasons I didn't pick more polarizing covers were--

a. Time restraints. We didn't have time to do that many

b. I only wanted to do books I'd loved, so that it would be very very clear that I'm not trashing books, just covers, haha.

c. A lot of my books are still at my parents' house and I don't live there anymore and lots of other boring logistical things that leave me with not a huge selection of books in my house right now. So I had to make do with what I had.; July 22, 2010 at 7:56 PM
vic caswell said...: lol. yeah, i know you were screwing around (but the conclusion you made- covers might not have as much influence as we may think over which gender would buy a book- is interesting). i think it would make a good experiment. now, i'm trying to think of a way i could do something similar, but on a bigger (probably still not quite scientific) scale...
you know YA much better than i, do you have any books you would recommend for such an experiment?; July 22, 2010 at 8:05 PM
YA Book Queen said...: Lol! Awesome vid! Gotta love the last round of voting, possibly the best (and most unique!) answers ;)

You three should totally do that again, it was too fun to watch!; July 22, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Kristin Briana Otts said...: Please don't take this the wrong way, Hannah, but I might be in love with your boyfriend if he wasn't...you know...your boyfriend.; July 22, 2010 at 8:35 PM
hannah moskowitz said...: It's cool, I'm in love with boyfriend even though he is my boyfriend, which is a pretty major feat, if you ask me.

aspiring_x--I'd be interested to see responses to Ellen Hopkins's covers, and Scott Westerfield's in the Uglies series, and David Levithan's cover. (My roommate absolutely LOVES the cover to Love is the Higher Law, as do I.); July 22, 2010 at 8:39 PM
vic caswell said...: thanks a bunch hannah!
(by the way, your boyfriend reminds me of charlie from dead poets.); July 22, 2010 at 9:02 PM
Shaun Hutchinson said...: Even I want to make out with your book cover, and that's saying something.
Also, totally jealous of your copy of YOU.; July 23, 2010 at 4:28 PM
hannah moskowitz said...: It's not mine, it's Suzie's. I need to mail it back. *sheepish*; July 23, 2010 at 6:23 PM
Steve MC said...: Liked this a lot - better than Olympic judging, for sure.

About Wallflower, I never saw the pants in that photo. It always looked like an upside-down bat or spooky bunny, with his socks for the eyes.

We were just fucking around.

Sometimes I'm afraid that's what God will say when this is all over.; July 24, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Anonymous said...: Big HA to maine character's last two lines.

You should do more experiments like this. If the Nobel Prize included a People's Choice thing, (or maybe name it the People's Voter's Nobel Prize by Teen Choice awards) this would get it.

BTW, I absolutely agree about the white space thing. Pictures confuse me.

Thanks for the vid!; July 24, 2010 at 10:11 AM
bclement412 said...: Haha funny vlog!

And I didn't know you were... married??; July 24, 2010 at 11:21 AM
hannah moskowitz said...: I'm not married. Hence the freaky look I give to the camera when he says we're married.

We're engaged, but not getting married for a long time.; July 24, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Loretta Nyhan said...: Ok, that was just too fun...; July 26, 2010 at 5:29 PM
suzie townsend said...: Haha, I love you guys :) Even though that is my copy of YOU...; July 26, 2010 at 8:37 PM
hannah moskowitz said...: I KNOW I WAS SCARED FOR YOU TO SEE THIS VIDEO.

I'll bring it to New York, pinkie swear.; July 26, 2010 at 8:58 PM
Errica Liekos said...: I'm going to say this as respectfully as I can...

I thought it was REALLY offensive when you said your friend was "too gay to be a real male perspective."

I was pretty stunned to hear you say it, in fact. You're such an advocate for not stereotyping based on gender, why would you indulge in such a stereotype about orientation?

I know you meant it as a joke. It isn't funny. It's hurtful. I really hope you'll think it through before publicly broadcasting such comments in the future.

-Joy (perhaps too gay to qualify as a real female perspective); August 3, 2010 at 10:04 PM

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