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JK Rowling, Terf author famous for writing about underage children, thinks LOLITA is a "Tragic love story" Not only is she a hateful bitch, she's a STUPID, hateful bitch.
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"Lolita Podcast" is a ten episode deep dive into every echo and aspect of this book, its societal impact at the time it came out, the author's horror and amusement at people who misunderstood it, and the self report it has become. open.spotify.com/show/4dvc06z...
Lolita Podcastopen.spotify.com Listen to Lolita Podcast on Spotify. Who is Lolita? The Nabokov literary classic has sparked infinite discussion in the 65 years since its release, but the cultural memory the book has left behind liv...
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I'll have to listen to it! I read Lolita in high school and once in college. It always really disturbed me how she was treated like an object and those who don't see it baffle me. Especially someone who is a WRITER.
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Legit. H.H. might be the only literary character I've felt genuine rage for.
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"It's so beautiful and romantic!" The first line of the book: "This man is a pathological liar and is in prison for confessing to horrific crimes and cannot be trusted. Sincerely, the certified medical psychologist who examined him."
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Did she skip the intro and go straight to the “light of my life, fire of my loins” bit?
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I'm realizing that I just can't really explain people who have a knee-jerk emotional response to something and never examine it. So like. Yes, I guess so????? Also this is not a 'mysterious' Lynch-style situation where the author never explains their intent. Why not take in what Nobokov SAID?
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She's so enamored with beautiful surface level prose she can't be fucked to think that maybe the prose doesn't have anything beautiful to say.
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This is a valuable observation. As someone who falls all over themselves for some incredible prose, I get that much. I think there's also a culture thing at work. Boomers are like: any dude creepy obsessed and possessive is beautifully in love. And millennials etc. are like: ... No.
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i avoided reading it for ages coz of the big ick. i eventually did, and damn, the writing is fucking spectacular. at NO point did i think “wow, what a beautiful romantic story” 🙄🙄
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Humbert says something along the lines of never trust a murder because they have great prose (it’s been awhile). I wonder if she’s even read it, honestly.
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Nabokov said he wanted the ugliest name possible for him.