guess what time it is!? playlist time. almost no continuity this time, I guess it’s just a few songs I associate in some way with resistance, rebellion etc. that I’d have vibed w at Marji’s age. It’s collaborative so feel free to add stuff lol. https://t.co/tVgk9IbjZJ #luawl
@Megaaan1415 Important not to become accustomed to the atrocious. I think understanding the real, human details of something like the Holocaust helps prevent us from becoming desensitized. #luawl
If I were to name a child after an author I admired, I’m not sure they’d be too stoked about it. Solzhenitsyn Rice doesn’t really roll off the tongue. #luawl
From Maus’ discussion of the Holocaust to WS Burroughs’ depiction of heroin addiction in Naked Lunch, you can empathize w just about anything u wanna put time into learning about, which I think is pretty gnarly. #luawl
@AnnaBis40813751 Interesting how the different groups use that territory. The biggest difference, I think, is that people have the option to ignore writers without much repercussion. Ends up being a remaking for the purpose of expression vs. one of control. #luawl
“Literature is self validating. That is to say, a book is not justified by its author’s worthiness to write it, but by the quality of what has been written. There are terrible books that arise directly out of experience” - Salman Rushdie. #luawl