...Jesus fucking Christ

>>9145745
A good first step towards freedom is not having another person write your book for you, I've found

>>9145755
Give the girl a fucking break

>>9145745
North Korea is a country where:
50% of habitants are starving
another 50% of habitants are secret communist agents
another 80 % of habitants are the military
another 40% are the officers
another 50% export apples abroad

>>9145771
If North Korea really is inhabited by 270% of it's inhabitants we should adopt communism as well I think

>>9145745
>Let's put on a bunch of makeup so you look like a whore and plaster your face on the front of a book we have someone else write in your name

I don't have to read that book to know things were brighter back in NK

>>9145771
stop liering on internet pig!
korae is advanced countrey

>>9145786
this 2bh

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>>9145786
>literally judging a book by its cover

>>9145786
It is actually a shitty move by the publishers, ghostwriter, etc. She's been hoodwinked by the capitalist machine almost immediately. She might not even realize how badly she's being exploited for this bullshit. If she appears on Ellen Degeneres or some shit I might throw up.

>>9145788
Not to sound like a commie but that photograph really seems incredibly disingenuous

With the make up, shampoo commercial hair and especially the diamond ear rings it seems like someone is trying to "sell" me on capitalism in a way

She exchanged one prison for another

>>9145796
Not judging books by their cover is a dumb meme and it's time you grow out of it

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>>9145801
>>9145797
>capitalism is evil

>>9145815
>>9145796
>le meme arrow phone poster

can you not

>>9145801
>Not to sound like a commie
Don't worry bro, you're on a catholic/marxist board. Don't be apologetic.

>>9145786
>muh hyperreal

>>9145815
I'm not even saying capitalism is evil. I'm saying that this kind of exploitation of a person for money is what capitalism encourages. You or I would be suspicious enough to avoid getting screwed by three major corporations at once, but coming out of North Korea there's no guarantee she has any idea what to be wary of or how to negotiate a decent position for herself. I'm certainly no socialist, if that's what you're saying, but lets not pretend that whatever marketing agency pushed this shit took her under their wing out of the kindness of their hearts.

>>9145745
Good rule of thumb is never read a book with the author on the cover.

>>9145778
>I am retarded

>>9145818
Judging a book by its cover doesn't mean you don't literally form any opinion based on what's on the front but save rather save it for the contents, whether you get around to it or not

And pretending like nice hair and makeup are these capitalist traps she's found herself imprisoned within when she was literally raped and captured is ridiculous

>>9145829
She's not able to. An American wrote fanfiction about her and got her to sign her name to it. I highly doubt it will be an interesting read.

>>9145745
Once is isn't all ribcage and rotten teeth I would marry desu.

>>9145830
Lucky she isn't the author just the subject

>>9145801
>>9145786
What the fuck are you blind? she looks sad as fuck and scared. She might have been pretied up for the cover but reading about all the shit she went through she deserves to look "her best" even if she feels it should be a ton of make up and hair products.

>>9145787
it was irony! I was ironing

>>9145829
>implying we're getting her genuine experiences
>implying it isn't just ideology masquerading as a trashcan

Having said that, I haven't read the book, and neither has anyone else in this thread.

Never change /lit/.

>>9145840
That WITH is a marketing ploy, the editor/ghostwriter in tiny italics says volumes

>>9145845
>if she feels

ahahahahahaahahahaha

yes she 100% wrote that book in korean and had the other woman translate it and she decide what would go on the cover and how she wanted to look

>>9145830

but I thought you should never judge a book by its cover

>>9145852
That's a dumb meme.

>>9145845
Odds are monumentally greater that the make up and hair products were the decision of a PR team hired by whoever actually owns the rights to her story. She'll live a much better life now, materially, and she'll be much safer. But in the end she's exchanged one slavery for another.

>>9145862
>exchanged one slavery for another
good lord, I can tell you've never truly suffered once in your life.

>>9145862
She could exchange it all for my cock desu if you know what I mean haha

>>9145867
slavery doesn't inherently mean suffering, but it's still slavery

>>9145852
That was before 21st century marketing patters became obvious. This is a book designed to be placed in Walmart or on the big book table at BJs and have uninformed housewives grab the book.

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>>9145867
It's not about suffering, it's about agency. Freedom to act. You clearly didn't read my post if you think I implied she would suffer.
>implying you've "truly suffered once" yourself

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FINE ARE YOU FAGS HAPPY NOW

thought this was a K-Pop start cashing in Sasha Grey style, I need to go back to reality

>>9145879
yes desu

>>9145874
>implying absolute freedom exists

>>9145874
I'm a rwandan refugee living in Australia, who the fuck are you

>>9145879
>the actual writer's name is completely omitted
>SURVEY SAYS WE GOTTA MAKE HER LOOK MORE NORMAL
>LIKE A COFFEE SHOP TYPE A GIRL YA KNOW

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>>9145852
Pic related, this strategy is tried and true.

>find womyn oppressed by obviously patriarchal society
>exploit them
>find female readers in privileged society
>exploit their unwarranted and unfounded fears of oppression
>profit

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>>9145898
>that face of oppression

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>>9145900
>GET IT ITS A WOMAN

>>9145871
>"you're now going to make a good amount of cash because of a book based on your life story that you don't even have to write, and then you can live life as a minor celeb before settling down into something more normal. It's your choice really"
>But then the corners of the publisher's soft smile stretched inhumanly wide
>"But there is a price, m'dear. you will have to wear make up,"
>"w-what" the gook stuttered.
>"Yes! Make up! and we will photograph you for the cover of the novel."
>The chink girl screamed "no!", and began to beg at the publisher's feet. All he did was laugh at her as her pleading devolved into miserable moans
>"Welcome to capitalism, bitch"
>He laughed ever louder, and all the girl wanted was to be back eating bark in north korea

truly despicable
i'm literally crying right now, literally

>>9145898
>>9145900
>>9145909

oh I understand now

this is just some /r9k/ shit whining about feminism again

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>>9145909
>how inspiring!
>buy this book you pig

>>9145912
>you're now going to make a good amount of cash because of a book based on your life story that you don't even have to write, and then you can live life as a minor celeb before settling down into something more normal. It's your choice really

I bet they paid her in mcdonalds gift certificates. How would she know differently?

>>9145915
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a darling of the /r9k/ establishment

>>9145898
>malala is an oppressed woman
>the daughter of a cia agent is in any way oppressed
your not oppressed if you choose to run into a thresher so you can complain about it

>>9145915
Not at all. For instance, I am not putting up "Reading Lolita in Tehran", or God of Little Things.

But this type of work is a hack marketing scam of finding oppressed women and making a buck, and thus should be judged by its cover.

>>9145917
>I bet
your bets mean nothing, /leftypol/

>>9145926
>/leftypol/
Are you signing your post? All I'm saying is there is no way she received the royalties that >>9145898 or >>9145909 received.

>>9145761
NO!
I"M NOT MAKING MONEY OFF A BOOK DEAL SO NEITHER SHOULD SHE
ROOOOOOO
FEKKING PIGGIES
ROOOOO

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>>9145912
>implying he didn't force her to suck his dick

>>9145929
no, I was referring to you as /leftypol/.
are you ESL?

>>9145786
>Be raised in nice Communist country
>Strong sense of respect for one another
>Proper respect for authority
>Sense of country stronger than sense of self
>View yourself as a human being instead of a commodity
>Learn to provide for yourself and others
>Move to FUCKING SHITTY PIGDOG AMERICA
>Become instantly obsessed with egoist nightmare
>You are no longer yourself, you are your body
>Think everyone needs to know your story
>Write stupid book full of lies
>Paint yourself like a hooker
>Make millions of worthless Ameribucks
>Get nuked by North Korea
>Your selfless countrymen still weep for your death
>Go to capitalist hell
Worldwide communism when?

>>9145938
what the fuck is /leftypol/

>>9145938
That just didnt make sense in any way. Identifying a scam is in no way a criticism of capitalism. Frankly embarrassing for you.

>>9145942
a strawman you can apply whenever just "/pol/" doesn't work and "reddit" won't do the trick either

>>9145915
There are good books written by women who come out of oppressive regimes.
Protip: They don't look like Martha Stewart's diary, desu

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>>9145942
>he doesn't know about the secret club

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>>9145951
>There are good books written by women

>>9145909
>Try to save women across the world from religiously justified suffering
>Get put on a Shitty Pleb LibCuck hate list
Truly, the West has parished

>>9145940
Y'know, I used to be annoyed by /pol/'s invasion of this board, but after seeing how warped the alternative is, I think I was mistaken in my judgements. Maybe their here to help.

>>9145923

this just doesn't make any sense
if they were really oppressed how can it be a scam?
its hard to believe that anyone living in NK short of the royal family is not being oppressed

>>9145946
>/leftypol/ isn't real guys
>hehe
>And this imaginary group of people hasn't been invading /lit/ for years
>nope

>>9145945
>I'm silly!

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Best oppressed womyn story here.

>>9145963
Because it is cynically done by her publisher. This movie has the moral weight of a lifetime movie.

>>9145966
>now a major motion picture

>>9145862
>exchanged one slavery for another

Ha keep believing living with money is "slavery" you'e fucking delusional.

>>9145965
What is it like to have embraced spooks rather than reject them?

>>9145963
capitalism is worse than Juche, face the facts, you dirty pigger.

>>9145963
>if they were really oppressed how can it be a scam?

>be NK peasant
>woefully oppressed
>suffer human rights abuses on the daily
>escape
>make it to western world
>Corporate McMoneybags walks up
>"say little girl, want to take a ride in my marketing van?"
>say yes
>get scammed

?

>>9145968
Its trash but fun anti-islamic trash. Also the movie has Sally Fields. It claims all arab women blow their nose in their head scarfs

I cant believe /lit/ is this mad at women. No matter what these cunts do you fags will cry over it. The neet/schollar/astute life is a sad and bitter ones.

K. Y. S. sempais.

>>9145970
what is it like to have embraced non arguments as your only form of discourse?
For one, I assume you've been banned from family reunions after calling your cousins 'classcucks'.

>>9145978
>It claims all arab women blow their nose in their head scarfs
disgusting to be perfectly frank

>>9145979
I remember when we used to have routine Flannery O'Conner threads.
It feels so long ago.

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if the women won't actually write the book and you are using a ghost writer why make that a woman too?

why not have a man ghost write so that the book is good?

>>9145979
Most of the ire in this thread seems to be directed at the publishing company, not the author.

>>9145979
pls be my gf
:^)

>>9145979
>talking about how publishers find women in horrible situations and put their face on ghostwritten misery porn is a silly scam
>anti-women

>>9145984
see
>>9145965
as an example of non-arguments. Accusing you of seeing spooks due to your shit response and paranoia is not inappropriate.

>>9145979
It didn't use to be like this but /r9k/ found this board. Other large dips in quality occurred with /mu/ and /plebbit/ finding us.

>>9145994
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryanne_Vollershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryanne_Vollers

I guess the royalties from ghosts of mississippi are drying up

>>9145997
>you're spooked
>I'm not /leftypol/ btw lol

One thing I will credit the nu-right with is that they're much better at damage control than the nu-left.

>>9146004
meant for
>>9145993

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>>9146004
>she wrote a book under Hillary Clinton's name and wasn't credited for it
captcha: jennings clinton

>>9145966
>>9145972

I guess I just don't really see what's wrong with this
I mean what difference would it make if it was a journalist doing the same thing?

it seems like everybody out there who is writing anything non-fictional is always looking for that "big scoop"
always looking for the most exciting events and stories because otherwise nobody is going to read it
like is it that hard to accept thats just the nature of non-fiction writing?
and its easy to think this is a byproduct of greed but really I think its the other way around

>>9145972
I like how your attempt at arguing your point is sillier and less realistic than this post lampooning your point:
>>9145912

>>9146026
humanist detected

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>>9146026
Finding a North Korean refugee and exploiting her story does not a journalist make. Here is an excellent non-fiction account of day to day NK life.

Selling your story is tabloid tier, and I guarantee that poor girl isnt aware of that.

>>9146043
so because the book will be low quality she's a slave to capitalism?

>>9146055
It's the fact that she's being used to make a quick buck and probably isn't even aware of it that makes this so frustrating. No doubt she has a noteworthy story, but we'll never hear it now that Maryanne Vollers is the only one allowed to tell it
>slave to capitalism
slave to an unfavorable contract, more likely

>>9145778
underrated

>>9146071
if you really think about it capitalism at it's core truly is nothing other than a unfavorable contract

>>9146071
Y'know, if you guys didn't use a word as melodramatic as slave, more people would believe your arguments.

also, SHE'LL be making a quick buck too.

>>9145786
She looks beautiful, not at all "whorish." You guys can really be harsh.

>>9146087
she looks like a normal woman that you left in the slut mashine for too long

>>9146087
I agree, sister. Don't let this discussion about ethics distract us from the fact that she is absolutely stunning! #slayyyyyyyyyy

>>9146087
all women are whores.
It's amplified when they wear make up because they're dressing in the jizz of big piggy capitalism
take the TRUE red pill and join /leftypol/, or do you want to stay a pigger?

>>9146087
Thanks Stella!

I just LOVE <3 her lipstick

>>9146087
>Roasted pretty thinks she can think

>>9146104
*Roastwhore.

>>9146087
Beauty in humans is either sex appeal or a lie. Either way it's disgusting. Take the cock of capitalism out of your ass, rip off your cunt flaps and choke on them.

>>9146112
you tell her comrade

>>9146087
She is cute. I want to sip coffee while she tells me her life story in a quiet cafe by the river

>>9146121
Found the white knight

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>>9145778
Actually made me laugh, have a (You).

>>9146043

>Selling your story is tabloid tier

I mean you can say that if you want but this is just what memoirs and autobiographies are

now you can't tell me that these types of books aren't staples of nonfiction writing

>>9146172
No but someone is making money so it's all bad news bruh

>>9146098
I'm a guy, hahaha. That actually made me laugh out loud though, thanks.

>>9146112
>>9146104
>>9146100
>>9146099
>>9146098
>>9146091
>>9146112

You guys don't seem to realize you're just reinforcing my point. You're also spouting the kind of vitriol which has birthed the modern Feminist movement.

"Men are often ignorant of how a thing, turning away from itself, agrees with itself in a back-turning harmony." ~ Heraclitus

"What the Tao raises up, the Tao smashes down." ~ Lao Tze

See, now this is nice. >>9146121
I like you, man. You give me hope for this world full of moral vagrants.

>>9145778
kekd.

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>>9146199
What did he mean by this?

>>9146199
What >>9146112 says is absolutely correct, though. And >>9146100 or >>9146100 are just bants.
Tao and karma are also spooks that can't even claim a semblance of objectivity btw.

>>9146199
chill dude.
part of 4chan is acting transgressive because it's funny.
I get that your post is also probably trolling but if your seriously salty than you really should just go to reddit.
And I mean Reddit; Tumblr might even be too spicy for you.

>>9146230
marxism is the ideology marx was afraid of.

>>9146230
/Thread

It's should be obvious by now to everyone reading this thread that the True RED pill of /leftypol/ is the only rational path.

>>9146240
It is not the well who need a physician, but the sick.

>>9146230
Think symbolically, not literally.

>>9146213
There is a clue in book 8 of Plato's Republic.

>>9146255
>people who have a sense of humor I disagree with are sick and need to be cured
boy howdy

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>>9145909
>>9145900
>>9145898
>>9145879

>>9146312
In this case, yes - philosophically, ideologically sick.

>>9145827
This. The skills needed to survive in North Korea aren't even related to the skills needed to survive in the west. Better to be Bear Grills on Mount Everest than to be a toddler in a swimming pool.

>>9146362
>the skills needed to survive in the west
>implying survival is as hard in the west as it is north korea

>>9145745
Im surprised by how much fiction is in this type of books, one would thing there would be no need to lie but they exaggerate shit knowing public expects it and sometimes make things up because some of them have their own agendas or political leanings.

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pic related 10/10 fiction would make an ok movie.
>>9145827
>negotiate a decent position for herself.
That is what most communist states are all about. just because all the dancing is unofficial does not mean its not there.

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>>9145963
That does not mean people get lined up against the wall and have a fist shoved into their pussy or that something like that happened to the author or that author did not exaggerate some things. by all accounts most of the royal family is also oppressed.

how can /lit/ even compete with average north korean qts?

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>>9146626
would it be illegal to pretend to be an oppressed korean woman so i can write a true account of my escape from the north korean concentration camps?

>>9145786
>has a blank expression
>is wearing a plane black shirt up to her neck
>is whorish
I'm no white knight, but Your the problem at this point, not her.

>>9146636
nobody ever said she was the problem, the post you replied to made it quite clear the publisher is

>>9145819
Lit is actually a mixture of the alt-right and various forms of conservatism.

>>9146539
No, I didn't imply that. I compared North Korea to Mt. Everest and the west to a swimming pool.

>>9146112

Strictly false.

>>9146636

>girls in NK can afford foundation, lipstick, gloss, concealer, eyeliner, eyelash extensions and various creams and powders

>>9145745

qt

I would defect across her demilitarized zone if you know what I mean

>>9145819
>>9146662
LIT is actually a pomo board. Any post that tries to argue against this is a parody.

>>9147777
Quads were wasted on a post misinterpreting another post

>>9145993
It is good though

>>9146071
Your racist assumption that she's some retarded bumpkin is humorous, considering how much school she completed in a fraction of the time you waddled through yours

>>9147972
honestly this

>>9147972
Commies on suicide watch

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>>9145915
>tfw the sjw boogeyman is so prevalent in today's internet society that people can't not see it even in obvious criticisms of capitalistic marketing ploys

That or this dumbass just can't read.

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>>9147847
>LIT is actually a pomo board.

Are EAs actually conscious? I mean, think of the kind of adaptations that early and intense exposure to mass agriculture might have spurred...

I dont even think this should be offensive, there's nothing inherently adaptive about sentience...

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>>9145745

I love these types of autobiographies, and I've been wondering if anything like the slave narratives of the late 1700s to mid 1800s existed for North Korea.

Apparently she didn't write this, though. Is there anything similar to that written by the actual person?

For that matter, "I am Malala" wasn't written by Malala either. Are there any Muslim memoirs in the same vein without a ghostwriter?

>>9145997
Oh yeah, you're a regular white knight saving these idiot women from steady income.

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>>9145745
>reading western imperialist propaganda

>>9145745
This book's been out for ages

>>9145830
I have a copy of Ulysees where the cover is just joyce grinning creepily at the camera

>>9149360
>camera

Uhhhhhh

>>9145797
The South/US regime has always worked this way, the latter does it with every inconvenient nation, especially Cuba. They don't give one iota of a shit about her or any "defector", which is exactly why after their fifteen minutes of fame the RoK/US CIA dumps them into the slums of outer Seoul, lucky if they find a way back to the North.

>>9149364
It was a photograph cover. They had cameras in the 1920s lad