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The Darker Side of Twilight: Racism, Classism, and the Romanticism of Unhealthy Relationships Stephanie’s Meyers teen romance series, known as the Twilight saga, is a pop culture phenomenon. All around the world girls are falling in love with Edward Cullen, and the story of his undying love for Bella Swan. However, behind the sugary sweet love story of Twilight, there is a book series which reproduces racist, classist, and sexist paradigms spreading them to its legions of young fans around the world. Romance novels impact the expectations and behaviors of those who consume them. They present constructs of the ideal man, the ideal rel