He has worked tirelessly to gain a fan base and fans. But the fact that we as a reading and book culture – I would go even further to say those who are casual readers – continue to view him as a Savior of YA and the success to aspire to is surprisingly problematic. Because it fits into the same problematic gender norms that have plagued us forever. Cis gender white male is the best standard. (Jensen, 2013) In this blog post, Jensen (2013) goes on to explain that a white cis gender male is what everyone is looking for. It's not just the former librarian talking about it, but more and more bookish women across the internet seem to be reaching out, saying its control makes the genre a parish (Ramano, 2014). A great example of this is Rise of Rainbow Rowell's own book, Eleanor and Park. Two months after a "Green Lit" reviewer wrote about Rowell's book, it gained mild popularity; however, a few months later John Green spoke about the book and it was suddenly highly sought after (Ramano,