• Ragdoll X@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Although I haven’t read Lolita myself I recently came across a video explaining how many people misunderstand the book as being some sort of tragic romance. LOLITA: The Worst Masterpiece

      It’s ironic that one of the most famous and successful writers in the world made this same mistake of trusting and sympathizing with the pedophilic murderer while claiming that she wants to protect women and children from the trans.

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        5 months ago

        I haven’t read the book either but I heard this Lolita podcast series and it was a great breakdown about how it was misinterpreted. I couldn’t believe everything I knew about it from mainstream media was off.

        Will definitely be checking out your video!

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          5 months ago

          Jamie Loftus’ Lolita podcast? She’s AMAZING. I love when he is a guest on Behind the Bastards too!

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            5 months ago

            Jamie being a unisex name, I dunno if “she’s amazing” is the typo or “he is a guest” is.

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                  5 months ago

                  Thank you, much love. It’s looking promising. About 2k USD more than our highest expectations though before we took him in @c@

                  Gonna make a GoFundMe for the first time and share it with my workmates and friends. I feel bad doing it because I feel there’s more important causes, but he’s not even four yet and he’s so important to us… not to mention his twin brother.

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                    5 months ago

                    I hope he recovers swiftly! In past emergencies (we have some dumb dogs…) I’ve had luck posting to reddit and Instagram, there are some charitable strangers out there!

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      5 months ago

      I haven’t read the book. I’ve only read about it… but from what I know, I don’t think I’d go with “love story” either. Ick.