He has worked tirelessly to gain a following and fan base. But the fact that we as a reading and book culture – hell I'd even go further to say those who are casual readers – continue to hold him up as a YA savior and success to aspire to is surprisingly problematic. Because it follows the same problematic gender norms that have always plagued us. The cis-gendered white male is the standard for the best. (Jensen, 2013) Within this blog post, Jensen (2013) goes on to explain that a cis-gendered white male is what everyone aspires to be. This is not just what the former librarian is talking about, but increasingly the bookish woman of the Internet seems to be addressing it, saying that her control is making the genre parochial (Ramano, 2014). A great example of this is Rowell's Rise of Rainbow book Eleanor and Park. Two months after a "Green lit" reviewer talked about Rowell's book, it got a small boost in popularity; however a few months later John Green talked about the book and suddenly he was much sought after (Ramano,