Comment by Der_Einzige

7 days ago

Presently surprised by the lack of /lit/ meme recommendations like “infinite jest” or “gravities rainbow”.

I’ll throw a fun one in. Anything by De Sade.

I’m always fascinated by the idea that we should push kids to read as much as possible as fast as possible. Reading is a deeply subversive activity. Give the kid a copy of something like “the pedogogy of the oppressed” and soon enough you (the teacher) may find your back being put against the wall by the very same kids.

I think people would rather kids don’t read and stay tik tok addicts rather than the school system try to teach 14 year olds about literature through the book Lolita (and yes this does happen in public high schools all across the USA).