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Bella gives up her family long before she  discovers she’s a super special newborn with the power to control her thirst. The fact that she turned out the way she did does not have an impact on the choice she made to leave her entire life behind for a sparkly, rich kid, because she didn’t know she would have that amount of self control before she was changed.

This isn’t the only reason Twiligh is considered anti-woman’s lib. It’s the unhealthy relationship between her and Edward, and the messed up way gender is portrayed throughout the series.

Twilight IS so anti-woman’s lib, and not necessarily because she gives up everything to be with Edward.  It’s because all she is is Edward’s.  She cooks, which is her only defining characteristic besides clumsy and “smart” (which, by the way, we only see through the fact that she’s in AP English and AP Biology, but is not shown any other place).  She gives up cooking–her only defining characteristic–when she becomes a vampire.  Other than that it’s Edward Edward Edward, with a little bout of Jacob, Jacob, Jacob, thrown in.  Aaaand, once she becomes a vampire it’s “we could have sex like this foreeeeveeeeer!”  All she wants is Edward, and her reward is she gets to have a half-vamp creepy child, which she dotes on as any loving mother would.
(I’m all for women becoming at-home mothers, but at least they have personalities and accomplishments and all those other things that come with being a well-rounded person.)And if there hadn’t been the whole “Jacob decided to change into a werewolf in front of Charlie” bit, then Bella totally would have given up on her family.  She only gets Jacob because of the whole imprinting thing that Meyers put in (which shows that Renesmee doesn’t get a bit of input on the matter of who she’ll marry), and don’t forget the fact that she basically abandoned her mother in the first book because “that’s what was best for her.”  I mean, I’ve met kids in split families, and they’re constantly torn, with either bitter feelings or loneliness, and they think about their parents quite a bit–whether with those bitter feelings or sadness.  Renee only came up once or twice in the entire series.

Okay, I’ve got to end my rant before it goes on much longer.  There.  I’m done (not really, but…okay, I’m going now).

 Kelly:  Family is more than just who you’re married to and your kids.  (Granted, it’s a very very important part)  It’s who you’ve grown up with as well–immediate and extended family, friends, the more the merrier.  It’s a group of people you can turn to for support when you’re having a rough time.  I mean, who can Bella turn to if she and Edward have a fight and she just needs to talk to someone about it?  If Edward and Nessie are her only family, she can’t talk to anyone.  (and if you say she could talk to Nessie, then I’d say that’s a pretty messed up mother-daughter relationship.  I don’t care how advanced Nessie is that she should be burdened with the woes of her parents’ marital relationship)
The point is that she was willing to give up EVERYONE so that all she’d have was Edward.  She gives up all her friends at school (well, I guess they were just her lukewarm friends, as she didn’t even try to get close to anyone who wasn’t a vampire or werewolf), she’s willing to give up her dad and her mom, and I’d bet she’d be willing to give up the Cullens if something got in the way.  I don’t know about you, but only having one person to talk to, even if he is your soulmate, is a pretty sad and lonely life.

Luckily for Bella, everything turned out peachy and she’ll get to live happily ever after, but I explained that in my previous post.