I love Lolita too. It’s one of the only pieces of culture that show me a male creator that really understands what it is that (certain) men do to women and girls. Humbert is his narrator, but that doesn’t mean Nabokov doesn’t find him violently repellent.

Y’know, I’m a fan of the book. It’s a really fascinating read, beautifully written about the mind of a disgusting pedophile. Nabokov pulls no punches about him, and he’s clearly an unreliable narrator, unsympathetic character, and terrible person, while Dolores is a complete victim. But this Lolita subculture thing?…

This is true of pretty much all minorities, at least from my experience in the 90s where I read EVERYTHING with female protags I could get my hands on. The only PoC main female character in a novel that took place in the present day I can think of from my childhood is Julie (From Julie of the Wolves), who is iirc…

There were two novels that I distinctly remember reading as a kid, both by Nancy Farmer - “The Ear, the Eye and the Arm”, with a girl and her two brothers as the protagonists; and “A Girl Named Disaster” entirely from the perspective of a girl. The former had a sci-fi, futuristic angle to it; the latter was more of a…

Actually 6’2, but I’m what I refer to as “torso tall”.

No one cares about your stupid boner.

Cool story, bro.

I’m not doing that either. I’m making fun of white people who do that. Do you really think anyone would in 2015 earnestly write a #notallwhitepeople post on Jezebel where they bragged about never posing as a black woman and heading an naacp chapter? Ah shit. I forgot people are awful again. Anyway, I was making fun of…

Oof. You guys have turned into the mean kids at school that pass around some girls diary for lolz.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL X INFINITY INTO FOREVER

A friend of mine and her husband both changed their last name and created a new last name when they got married by combining the first part of her last name with the last part of his. I was half way through telling my boyfriend at the time about this and then started cracking up mid sentence, like doubled over…

That’s according to what he reported in court. Estimates are he was making upwards of 30k a month.

well, in terms of who’s most likely to get fired from their jobs, yes. i suspect if you’re a bartender, your boss might not care, but if your boss is an elementary school principal, they’d be more likely to be dickish abotu it. i don’t think the article’s implying moral worthiness, just loss of income potential.

I believe Temerity is an old, old wooden ship used during the Civil War era.....

How or who led her to the "Oh I'm gonna pour this can of coke on my hair and see what the fuck happens" moment?

Do you need to be in the same room as a thirteen year old you're in charge of at all times? Maybe the aunt was, God forbid, taking a shower? And maybe...that doesn't matter because we shouldn't have to worry about our thirteen year olds simply cooking breakfast in the kitchen alone. They should be able to stare out…

I hate Laura Linney. There, I said it.

This reminds me of the time I saw Lord of the Rings and then I started summoning giant walls of water to expel ring wraiths from Rivendell.

But he then held her arms behind her back and sexually assaulted her as she continued to plead for him to stop, according to Karr.

Speaking as a former reporter, I say you have it exactly right, tektwo. Though, I think the writer unnecessarily made too much of the "gender" aspect of the story. Stating "In xxxx year, this person changed her name from xxxxxxxx. My research found no degrees or government work history under that name either" would…