What the fuck

>writer reads the words "gay lovers"
>"ITS GONNA BE AMAZING"
Women shouldn't be able to read

Thank you, June 27 circled on my calendar.

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Fuck you for making me look this up, OP. My soul weeps.

>>9116978
My faith in humanity, gone.

>>9116978
that cant be real

fuck its real

>>9116969
To kill yourself?

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>the state and school board chose the books the books you read, and most of them were written by ultra-dead white men, with a few white women thrown in there for variety. And so, by the time you turned twenty-one, you'd somehow read The Great Gatsby six times

>That's okay. The way we perceive classic literature changes over time, and a book that you loved as a child may strike you as unforgivably problematic when you re-read it as an adult.

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>The Catcher In The Rye
>When I was in high school and told my English teacher that Catcher in the Rye was my favorite book, they said, "Wait until you're 30." Well, I'm 29, and she was right.
>Alternative: Wild Awake by Hilary T. Smith is told from seventeen-year-old Kiri's point of view, and she deals with just as much teen angst and heartbreak as Holden.

>In Wild Awake, Hilary T. Smith's exhilarating and heart-wrenching YA debut novel, seventeen-year-old Kiri Byrd has big plans for her summer without her parents. She intends to devote herself to her music and win Battle of the Bands with her bandmate and best friend, Lukas. Perhaps then, in the excitement of victory, he will finally realize she's the girl of his dreams.
>But a phone call from a stranger shatters Kiri's plans. He says he has her sister's stuff—her sister, Sukey, who died five years ago. This call throws Kiri into a spiral of chaos that opens old wounds and new mysteries.
>chapter one
>It's the first day of summer, and I know three things: One, I am happy. Two, I am stoned. Three, if Lukas Malcywyck's T-Shirt was any redder I would lean over and bite it like an apple.

>"Wait until you're 30."
This isn't what they meant.
>I'm 29
>20 fucking 9

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>>9117047
>t's the first day of summer, and I know three things: One, I am happy. Two, I am stoned.

>>9116978

Jesus fucking Christ i just can't tell if anything is a Poe anymore.

>>9116939
I want to die.The beat generation was the last bastion of masculinity.

Women were a mistake.

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>>9117107
>The beat generation
>bastion of masculinity.

Haven't found the article yet, but I did find an article on 27 life changing books that is for the most part populated by white men.

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More! Please! Fuel my hate!

>>9117010
>And so, by the time you turned twenty-one, you'd somehow read The Great Gatsby six times

What a racist statement... ... ...~!

>>9117010
On her Twitter she posted emails she got criticizing this article.

>>9116939
Well, On The Road is shit so there's that

>>9116939
On the Road wasn't gay enough let's find something gayer.

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>>9116939
>two wealthy gay boys on their Grand Tour
so it's On the Road but with money, I think I'll pass

>>9117010
I'd fuck that with her man face i don't care I'm a pioneer

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>>9117107

>>9117113
>>9117116
https://www.bustle.com/p/9-overrated-classic-novels-which-books-to-read-instead-37472

>>9116978

>it just doesn't do it for me

One thousand dollars says they've never read the book

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OP, you have just ruined my entire life. Aside from asses, I have nothing left to believe in any more.

>>9117107
I wholeheartedly agree.

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>>9116939
>>9116978
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>>9117239

>"I warned you about this, fellow readers. You all laughed at me and said reading Harry Potter isn't dangerous and would lead them to read great literature. You said Stephen King was a fine author and we all could use some "light reading" to do. You said kids don't need to be reading great authors like Shakespeare or Dickens. You said freeing up the canon and teaching "non dead white guys" would be healthy for educating readers (and it would if they didn't chose such third rate writers, but to them skin pigmentation and gender outweighs all literary quality!).
>"You all called me a snobby old man. But now look what your attitudes have sowed. But I'm too old and tired to act proud about being right. My death is near, and maybe it's a good thing I won't be able to see the further degradation of literary culture."

>>9117239

OP's grab says Business Insider. Don't get me wrong I'm fucking enraged that this article exists but why even bother to change the masthead?

To Kill A Mockingbird, replaced by a YA novel released 24 days ago.
Jane Eyre replaced by a 1999 magic realist Allende novel (this is the odd choice out).
Wuthering Heights replaced by a 2014 novel by a fashion designer.
Moby-Dick replaced by a 2016 time-traveling YA novel.
The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe replaced by a kid's book that came out less than five months ago.
The Great Gatsby replaced by a novel that came out January 3.
The Catcher In the Rye replaced by a 2013 YA novel.
Heart of Darkness replaced by a 2016 novel.
On the Road replaced by a book that doesn't come out until this coming June.
Almost all are debut novels, only a few have achieved any recognition, and several look like trash she just happens to have review copies of. Over half were released mere months ago, and most are by YA authors based in New York, like the reviewer. Remind me not to waste my time on anything by Zoraida Córdova.

>>9116961
In my experience women read very slowly. Like a few pages a week when they feel like it

>>9117698
Danke boote

The Brontë sisters simply do not do it for me, but I can't deny the impact of these books. For a modern update on their love stories, try the following.

Alternative:

Solsbury Hill by Susan M. Wyler is a love story set in contemporary times that deals with a New York girl, the moors, and the legacy of Wuthering Heights.

>the legacy of Wuthering Heights.

she recommends replacing a book with a book that deals with the book shes replacing it with? thats not replacing thats just reading two books.

I've come to the conclusion that I love the idea of Gatsby more than I love the book.

Alternative:

A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams is told from the perspective of two women in the thick of the Roaring Twenties. It's got all the drama, parties, and vibrancy of The Great Gatsby, but it's focused more on the real stars of the decade: the women.

JESUS CHRIST YOU COULD NOT MAKE THIS SHIT UP I'M SO ANGRY THERE IS SO MUCH WRONG WITH THE GATSBY POST I'M JUST GOING TO WRITE THIS IN CAPITALS RATHER THAN TAKING THE TIME TO POINT IT ALL OUT

>>9116939
Sounds like a porn advertisement

>>9117825

>In my experience women read very slowly. Like a few pages a week when they feel like it

Nailed it.

So friends, all internet lists are to personal tastes. Like all advice, take it or leave it. No need for rude emails.

>>9117890
>BobTheWriter

>>9117789

Yeah it's all a fucking plug. Odds are most if not all the authors are repped by the same agency or put out by the same publisher.

>>9117825
>>9117904

My mom has been trying to start reading, and she asked to borrow one of my books the last time she visited. She had heard of Vonnegut so she picked slaughterhouse five, and I figured it was a safe enough choice. She's been "reading" it for six months now, and told me yesterday she's about a third of the way through and that it's really interesting.

Female friend has been trying to start reading, and she wanted something weird with pretty writing and an interesting story. She borrowed invitation to a beheading, and after 2 months told me she finally quit like 40 pages in because it was too confusing and boring. Then proceeds to periodically post pictures on facebook of random pulp-tier books on her lap that she still doesn't even read, they're just a prop to make it look like she does

>>9116978
this made me so angry

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>>9116978
>genre: teen

I can't imagine going full sperg over this. My reaction was just, "Oh neat, I liked On the Road, I'll probably like that book, too."

Mackenzi Lee is a reader, writer, bookseller, unapologetic fangirl, and fast talker. She holds an MFA from Simmons College in writing for children and young adults, and her short fiction for children and teens has appeared in Inaccurate Realities, The Friend, and The Newport Review. Her debut young adult historical fantasy novel, THIS MONSTROUS THING, which won the PEN-New England Susan P. Bloom Children’s Book Discovery Award, is out now from HarperCollins. Her second book, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, a queer spin on the classic adventure novel, will be released in June of 2017.

She loves Diet Coke, sweater weather, and Star Wars. On a perfect day, she can be found enjoying all three. She currently calls Boston home.

:3

>>9116983
>because if I'm going to read about someone on a ship, it might as well feature a badass girl who time-travels.

Just more proof that reddit is a cancer that spreads everywhere

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>>9118929

I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE
I JUST WANNA DIE

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>>9118929

>she
>writing a book about gay men

I tell you what, if the shoe were on the other foot then Twitter would be having a field day on that one.

>>9119727
>one story/book per month
Didn't Poe mostly write really short fiction? Crap you can read in an hour. If you spend an ass-load of money on a book, and it's almost all short, then why not actually read it?

Why does she like this WHITE MALE and pedo but not other WHITE MALES?

>>9119753
because she's not even a dilettante, she's beyond that.
and i'm pretty sure i saw this edition in my local bookstore, it was like 10-20 bucks, cant really recall, not expensive at all.

>>9119727
>Challenge myself
>One story/poem for month
I've had enough.

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>women and nonwhites want to wrest control of society from the tyranny of white men
>devise a brilliant plan
>they won't read any classic, stimulating, or enriching books
>they'll exclusively read books about queer transniggers
>and they'll cry a lot
>meanwhile white men will continue getting actual educations, and knowing actual history and culture

>>9119727
maybe because it's too spooky for her, she will try to read one storie per month.

>>9117107
masculinity isn't fucking other dude in ass

>>9117767
I believed in you Bloom senpai!

>>9119816
Tyrone is /ourguy/.

>>9117825
womens read faster, they even skip some "boring" parts

>>9118924
>I liked On the Road

There's your problem you fucking pleb.

>>9117010
It is just bizarre to me that literary diversity is defined outside of the content of the book. Like wew lad these people are fucking off it.

>>9119727
awful cover design

>>9117239
To Kill A Mockingbird really is kind of shit.

>>9116978
>>9116939
welcome to the 21st century:
everything worth caring about will be pozzed

>>9116978
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>9117010
>a book that you loved as a child may strike you as unforgivably problematic when you re-read it as an adult
she became LESS mature and tolerant as she aged

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>>9117107

>>9117233
sodomizing children is masculine af

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>>9116978

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>>9117767
WHY DIDN'T I LISTEN. IM SORRY

>I'm convinced that Heart of Darkness is assigned by teachers as a means of punishment. Seriously, it's a book about imperialism, colonialism, and what happens when "civilized" people leave society — told through the lens of white men from Britain. Of course.

OF FUCKING COURSE IT HAS A BRITISH MAN AS THE LEAD

IT WAS SET DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

YOU COULD NOT GET MUCH MORE CIVILISED

...Wait...

>"civilized"
>quote-unquote civilized

AAAAAAAAAAA

>>9119934

It doesn't teach you anything about killing mockingbirds.
Yeah, It shows you to not critic a man based on the color of his skin.
But why the fuck would you like to know that?

>the only difference between on the road and the queer book is the guys are english
Can't say I can fault her, but if she wanted to read that shit couldn't she just imagine Kerouac wrote with a British accent?

How do they become critics if they don't know shit about the medium?

Has the school of resentment gone too far?

>>9117010
Why is being dead a criticism?

>>9117047
>>It's the first day of summer, and I know three things: One, I am happy. Two, I am stoned. Three, if Lukas Malcywyck's T-Shirt was any redder I would lean over and bite it like an apple.

>>9120259

Because old authors don't talk about rap music and facebook, so they're irrelevant to today's readers.

>>9117201
On the Road was with mommy's money

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>>9116939
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>>9116978

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This gave me AIDS

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>>9116978

>I still have nightmares about trying to read Moby Dick for a college literature class. Seriously, that book is my great whale. Despite many (many!) attempts to read it, I still haven't been able to get through it all. Consequently, I believe it is one of the most overrated classic books I have ever encountered. Even Chris Hemsworth wasn't able to make a movie about the expedition that inspired the book entertaining, and Chris Hemsworth is wholly entertaining all on his own.

I rarely let plebs get to me but this bitch is so pleb yet arrogant in her plebery at the same time that it's actually enraging.

The woman studied literature in college and she still thinks like this. Let that sink in.

>>9120403

>29 years old
>Universitary education completed
>Still thinking Hogwarts its a thing

>>9117698
BRAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPKKKKPPPPPHHHHH

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>>9116939
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>>9120406
>mfw reading every single one of these posts
The West is dead and we are holding the knife. Internet has killed art.

>>9120403
Why am I not being paid to write literal garbage? Goodbye integrity, sign me up for clickbait.

>>9116978
Kek saved

>>9116978
>if I'm going to read about someone on a ship

0% chance she read moby dick

Is this why /pol hates educated women?

>>9120406
She's almost proud of it, even.

>>9116939
Bourgeois fags were a mistake

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>>9117010
>problematic

Why do these people think that their perception of something being 'problematic' somehow suffices as a reason for protesting/banning/denigrating it? Not everything is made to suit the tastes of some extremist political sect.

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>>9116978

>>9121381
What do you with with the oligarchic class once it starts sucking its own dick at this velocity?

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>>9121415
Make the Syrian Civil War look like a pillow fight

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>tfw you're watching the downfall of Western civilization before your very eyes but all you can do about it is shitpost on a Uzbek vase-enthusiat board

>>9116939
>It's the first day of summer, and I can't know nuffin; one thing, if you count God.

>>9116978
I'm a lefty liberal normie and even I'm reeeeeeeeing at this

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>>9121422
>Uzbek vase-enthusiast board

I lost it, cracked up, nearly shit my pants laughing. I will always remember that turn of phrase, thank you

>>9119861
haha

>>9116939
>muh 20th century "literature"
the stuff you're defending is not even good

>>9117767
THIS.

Worked 10 years at a library. I can definetely tell you: theres no such thing as "growing out of bad literature". Maybe because theres too much of it.

>>9117667
I'm sure they tried to.

>I've come to the conclusion that I love the idea of Gatsby more than I love the book.

She's a "writer".
She says she reads.
She's a "journalist".
She writes articles about literature.

AND THAT DENSE BITCH MANAGES TO MISINTERPRET THE GREAT GATSBY

>>9122285
I know everyone wants to put this in the women are stupid category, but the actual cause is that harry potter tricked a generation into thinking of themselves as readers when they only like YA, which fine for them but then they go and write shit like this and feel self-important.

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>>9116978
Actually there's only one only valid alternative to Moby Dick and it's Horcynus Orca by Stefano D'Arrigo. Huge epic novel with very similar themes, but settled in rural traditional Italy

>>9122305

It's not that she's a women. It's her retardation. I don't care about genders unless I'm trying to fuck.