Platinum Greenwich

cancelled

That's fair, but I think part of reading Lolita is going through that phase of romanticizing it - because the way Nabokov writes Humbert as a character is incredibly compelling (because Humbert is a manipulative piece of shit and Nabokov has a ridiculous gift for prose). (and I think the 1997 movie, with the way it was framed more than anything, tried to be similarly deceptive, and was arguably more successful than the book in that regard - the saying is "read between the lines," after all, not "see") At least, speaking for myself, in several instances I was just thinking "okay, but can you leave this poor girl alone and come swoop me off my feet instead?" Which, of course - Humbert's a pedophile, and I was 17 or so when I read the book, Methuselah teas, so that wouldn't have worked out. Then again, I had to read the book at intervals, because it would physically stress me out, and I cried through several chapters, lmao.

^ tbf, the 1962 film - which i will grant you was a lot tamer - starred a then-14-year-old sue lyon (rip) as well, and fwiw, in the 1997 film they used body doubles for anything more "involved" than a hug + dominique swain's mother was present on set as i recall i love that we're now at the part in 2020 where people on twitter are cancelled for enjoying classic literature, anyway

this would be SUCH a serve his butterflies are in a golden cage, safe and bound / he puts on "lola" by the kinks and he dances 'round and he's so happy that his feet don't even touch the ground / and i'm in love 'cause i was lost and now i'm finally found

LANA DEL REY A.K.A. LIZZY GRANT 2020!!!!!!!!!

who

if she wants to get rid of everything so desperately, she can give it all to me for free you're welcome

isn't that literally a theatre cig anyway, or is it just unlit

people are especially hung up on the donation links, which i don't understand, maybe this is me being cynical but like, do you seriously think the majority of donation links on twitter and wherever else rn weren't just shared for performative reasons? unfortunately, i think when it comes to situations like the one we're in rn, which is incredibly volatile - all of the positive change is going to come from a grassroots level, not fucking lady gaga posting a bitly link or whatever even if she donated - which, in gaga's case, i would be surprised if she hadn't - or each and every one of her followers donated because of her post the changes that need to happen are systemic, and while i understand the need for material reparations at this moment, the overemphasis on donations as if they're going to fix the cause of the riots worries me i'm glad for every donation made that will go towards the survival of the movement under these extreme circumstances, but idk, i guess the longer they can go on, the quicker we will see a difference - because the grassroots shit clearly hasn't been working, but the rioting on the other hand forces us to pay attention basically i don't know what i'm talking about, but what else is new /possibly a dumb take, take me 'cos i'm ready to be crucified

i find it very funny when ppl take a swipe at the ddlg aesthetics she was known for back in 2012 - as if they are at all relevant to where she is currently in her career or otherwise nearly a full decade later lmao whatever makes them feel they did something i guess

man... i was gonna be like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l38vwPSyAGk but then obv she had to include that fucking video at the end @@Mafiosa where did she condemn them?

Bengans on Drottninggatan, the only record shop I know of here in Stockholm that carries new releases

went out to get my physical copies today but they're not getting them until next week, delayed shipment apparently the heterosexuality of it all

that's on period

i caved and listened to Babylon i love it, like i get what it's going for 100% and it's a serve, but i want to hear the demo/snippets in HQ bc that instrumental was so much more compelling

all the d*ree links to them + love me right are fake, so no, not afaik

every single day, yeah i dig a grave and then i sit inside it wondering if i'll behave it's a game i play, and i hate to say you're the worst thing and the best thing that's happened to me

i hate the final ver of free woman but on the OTHER HAND REPLAY IS THAT SONG OH MY GODDDDDDD i'm saving chromatica iii and onward for when i can get my hands on sine from above and 1000 doves but uhhhhh so far? album of the year until lana gives us COCC faves so far are replay and 911, alice comes a close third, then enigma not a huge fan of fun tonight or plastic doll, they're cute tho sour candy is definitely gonna be a single, it's incredibly basic but i will admit i was involuntarily twerking in my seat, it's a catwalk vibe BUT I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF REPLAY YOU GUYS

edit: this is incredibly off topic and i'm sorry lol, just needed to get this off my chest i'm not aware of that story in particular - but swedish feminists tend to have a general preoccupation with wokeness, which is decidedly to the detriment of the core pursuit of feminism like, 'cuz it's hard to lobby for gender equality when a person of color does something problematic - and then you're stuck in this catch 22 of not being able to criticize them, because you will most likely be seen by your peers as a bad faith actor who just wants to express a racist bias, if you do (the wokescolding is real over here, you guys, and it's painful to watch) we've ended up in a stalemate hence, where the comfortable answer to everything is "white man bad" (which, don't get me wrong, i wholeheartedly agree with that notion lmao) and anything that happens to involve POC is broadly glossed over and like, the intent of that is to avoid infighting as best we can, fair enough, but then you've got the far right type ppl who will jump at any chance to express a genuine racist bias - and they do, successfully framing it as though they care about women's rights, even though they clearly don't, because they would never address a white person being problematic and because people buy into all of that, swedish feminism is seen as effete (which is entirely the movement's own fault, as noted) while right wing groups are seen as actually progressive which is just so fucking, upside down, inside out, head up the ass like, you know leftist twitter? that's basically irl swedish feminism just to summarize it as briefly as i can

i was under the impression that zara larsson at least self-identified as a feminist, though? i mean, she's received plenty of recognition from swedish women's rights organizations (though i would argue that the common swedish take on feminism is woefully impotent) anyway... @@bored ah, well, no surprise there - i don't strictly disagree with her, tbf

what was her take?

the taste

when the PHUCK did she announce the album title???????

gave the poem a listen, this bitch just made me cry good for her