At Crush Fest, the widespread use of the generic feminine is not a political position but an empirical reality. Of the 46 authors invited to the second edition of this festival of young adult romantic literature –or young adult– 43 of them are women. And among the large audience that passed through the historic building of the University of Barcelona this Saturday, where the festival is held, the gender distribution is similar, with an overwhelming majority of women between 18 and 30 years old.