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I stopped reading fiction by male authors some time back not because of any intrinsically negative characteristics but rather because of what gets published. I don’t hate my gender just how it’s characterized just sayin

My faves latifa tekin, Jenny diski and her adopted mom Dorris Lessing, Jean Rhys and of course arundati Roy

Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower is a great read if you like the Handmaids Tale! It discusses sexism, racism, and classism in a dystopian/sci-fi format. And the writing is super engaging and nuanced.

Damn the lovely bones sounds intense, I would really recommend the method by juli zeh and blue sisters by coco mellors to straight up everyone as well as my dark vanessa by kate elizabeth russell even though this one stands in dialog with lolita and its themes. Good luck with the elections moldy, at some point everything will turn out alright…hopefully 💀

Sorry to blow up the comment section, but I'm here to recommend The Yellow Wallpaper, and Orlando, both by female authors.

Hi Alex, I think I suggested The Handmaid's Tale. The TV show follows the first book very closely. It's one of the most faithful adaptations of anything that I've seen. The show is a rough watch at times due to the contents of the story, but very well done.

Intro was right up my alley lol

i read female. i am sat.

People used to see me as the photographer/tech savvy/Photoshop guy for the longest time lol. If there's one thing I hate deeply, it's being put in a box. And what do I do when I can't escape the certain box? I rip it to shreds, impulsively. This is why I struggle to tell people about my music stuff now, I don't want it to become all that I am. This is also valid for other aspects too.

DMN I FORGOT TO WATCH THIS CUZ I WAS SPENDING ALL MY TIME ON THIS ACC WHRJEJFMDM

I am so glad that finally someone is adding a new perspective to this topic. This video is absolute gold at it's purest form.

so sweet <3

"Hate is a strong word. I really despise..." lol

Multumesc Moldy for speaking out on this, as you said, very often overlooked topic. Your content is so refreshing and enjoyable to watch since you’re so true. Thank you 🙏

Three big likes tonight. It takes a mature thinking and a good deal of self awareness to think and say what you said.

Algo que siempre trato de recordarme cuando siento culpa por no leer tanto como querría o el tiempo que me tomo leyendo un libro, es que lo importante de ser un lector es lo que hay en un libro, el disfrute de la lectura, las cosas que aprendes de los libros que lees, e.t.c I tried to write the comment in english but I'm learning and i keep forgetting the words. I understand what you say but I'm not very good writing what I want to say. I like your thoughts about the topic. 💚🌵🌳🪻

We love a freestyle from you. Ps: your voice is so calming and so are your advices.

Aaaand I'm back. I just finished the book. I found your book easy to read and hard to put down. It kept me interested and always wanting to know what was next. I think you're a talented writer and I am very impressed you were able to write your book in such a short time frame. The ideas are very good. I would love a version 2.0 where you give yourself time to expand. I found myself wanting more in certain parts, but I understand you couldn't provide that with the time constraints. I think you need to work on showing instead of telling like I said in my other comment. Let the audience sit with the moments sometimes so they can absorb everything before moving along. Overall, really good stuff!

Alex, I've started reading your book. I was going to wait until I finished, but I realized my reaction would be too long. First off, cool concept. Second I think that you don't need to basically flat out state that Vincent is dark and twisted, the audience will find that out soon enough. I figured you wanted to ease them into it so it didn't seem like it came out of nowhere but I think it's better to let them discover on their own. Third I think you'd like the Korean films Old Boy and I Saw the Devil. I'm on Chapter 3. P.S.: I appreciate the accompanying playlist

Your channel is such a vibe, keep it up!

the way i did not forsee you mentioning LOTR but I instantly knew you were gonna mention Anne Frank 💀

This for some reason makes me imagine a horror movie where the main character is a vampire who collects books and movies. This vampire goes on a journey to find the original Nosferatu(1922) movie and the whole movie is about the chaos that follows. Sounds more comedic than horror in all honesty?

I'm planning on reading Moby Dick and Paradise Lost in preparation for reading Blood Meridian. I will get to Carmilla eventually. I've been recommended The King in Yellow and The Masque of the Red Death.

I am glad that TH-cam suggested this video to me today, because now I have a lot to say. I can't believe how weirdly similar and different we are at the same time. You wanted people to share their stories as written in the description, so here is mine. I have been really really into exploring different things since I was a kid. I used to sneak into my uncle's room to read the books he read, and that was kind of the start of my love of literature. My late grandfather would sit me down and tell me all kinds of stories ranging from history, mythology, literature, and science. I have always had an obsession with stories, which leaned more towards movies as I grew older. I loved exploring cinema, and I still do. But something changed my life forever during the start of my high school year. I didn't want to attend my classes, so I decided to just participate in an interschool poetry writing competition, which made me write a poem for the first time. Trust me when I say this, but it was one of the stupidest poems ever written, and a really bad one at that, but this made me want to improve. This experience took me on a path of discovering people like Robert Frost, Oscar Wilde, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and many more amazing artists. This was the year that made me finally read and complete my first ever novel. I definitely want to do more things to satisfy my creative tendencies, but I kind of think that I am like, really mediocre at my craft for the time being. The people around me, like friends and family, have always supported me to go and achieve something in literature, but I have never been confident enough in my own abilities, in all honesty. I am at the end of my high school now, and I have decided to choose a more stable career path for the time being. I definitely won't let the dream of publishing my own stories and poems pass by me, but I think I need to prepare myself better before doing that. I hope you didn't fall asleep half way through reading this. This one got really really long. But thanks for reading and I hope you have a wonderful day ahead of you.

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Due to my tests, I have been a bit more busy than usual, but finally I had the opportunity to complete the video, and as always, it is an excellent video. Thank you for mentioning my recommendation of the metamorphosis. I have also enjoyed interacting with you very much and truly appreciate your insights on these various topics. Now coming back to the topic of this video, this reminded me of a book, which I generally don't bring up around my circles due to how terrifying the topic truly is. The book is Lolita, written by Vladimir Nabokov, and it talks about the obsession and lust of a man named Humbert for his 13 year old daughter, whom he calls Lolita. The subject of the book in itself is quite scary, but what scared me more regarding this tale was how people perceived it. Most of the people I have seen online haven't read the book but rather have seen the movie (1997). The primary issue with the movie is that, unlike the novel, the unreliable nature of the protagonist isn't as evident as it should be. In the book, the disgusting man blames the girl for seducing him, but it is evident that he is sharing his point of view, in which he is trying to justify his own horrifying actions by his twisted tales. However, the movie isn't clear with this, and it has made many people completely misunderstand the story at its core. I have seen people sympathise with this monster of a man, and it is just heartbreaking to witness something like this. Note: Another disgusting thing regarding this entire thing is that Google and IMDB have categorised the movie as a "romance," which just leaves me speechless and utterly dumbfounded. You should definately check it out as I would love to know your opinion about the narrative and how Vladimir Nabokov has handled the characters.

Also i don't know if i understand the theme but i think The Handmaid's Tale would be basement book? I had a little crush on Margaret Atwood after i read it because I thought it was so good.

I loved Frankenstein. I think it's the first sci-fi anything. I loved The Picture of Dorian Gray. I thought The Bell Jar was really good, kinda sad considering the narrator was likely Sylvia and she ended up committing suicide. I didn't love Dracula. I'm told Carmilla is better. I will read Wuthering Heights eventually.

I've just finished his newly translated novel, The City and Its Uncertain Walls which doesn't, I think, have much, or anything, that you might find unpalatable. It twists through a lot of connections and manages to keep the story fascinating enough to want to keep reading. I was afraid it was all going to get twee when unicorns were mentioned. But, thankfully, it didn't become sentimental. I've enjoyed several of his other books, including IQ84, but I do remember one scene in that book where I was thinking, 'No, no. you shouldn't do that to the girl. Right, huh, you've just gone and done it".

Great recommendations! In return, I recommend "The Dolls" by Ursula Scavenius, much of which takes place in a basement. I have subscribed, of course!

I like this style of video. I just subscribed to you and this other TH-camr called Wera. Trying to read more books.

The Elephant Vanishes is the short story collection that got me into reading when I was in highschool. I didn't love IQ84. I felt like it was a waste of time.

I loved video, I will subscribe, keep going!

Instantly subscribed

hell yeah so seasonal of u

she left no crumbs once again dear gadies and lentelmen

the acoustics in that basement really tie everything together

I loved the video, I will read some of the books. You're so lovely, I love your hair!!! 🌹

When I was your age and coming from a non educated background I soaked up all the literature I could and followed the advice of the gate keepers of the time and revered their opinions. For example there was the Philip Roth “writers from the other Europe “ series of books that I religiously read every one i could find. I understood Philip Roth to be a highly esteemed writer though “controversial “ Later in life i did read some of his work which I found to be like all the “boys” of the time self indulgent, self pitying, willfully ignorant of any perspective other than their own. As a goy to me his Jewishness seemed to impart him with an authenticity like the way the perceived and real oppression of the writers in the writers of the other Europe series had. Turns out a lot of them were lust variations on the theme, Milan Kundera who seemed so clever and authentic to me in my 20s turned out to be a shallow huckster trading in on the pity of the western literary establishment. So many of the “greats” of that time were in hindsight pretty awful, when i first saw films by Andrei Tarkovsky they seemed like the most authentic thoughtful artistic expression I’d ever experienced, then came his final masterwork where when confronted with impending doom the main character has his wife sedated and rapes the domestic help- wow really deep and thoughtful there Andrei but yeah amazing cinematography! You must appreciate it for that! Well no the culture of my generation was irredeemably flawed and has proved incapable of any real self reflection. And sadly there were so many great writers from around then that never got proper recognition, Latifa tekin, Jenny Disky, terry eagleton to just name a few. So what’s my point? I’ve not read Murakami though I did see a play of the Kafka book in NYC which relied on a lot of devices and cliches that made teasing out his points difficult. My point is that it can be a waste of time of attempt to give writers like this the benefit of the doubt after they display such appalling gender bias, willful ignorance, stupidity etc. Cut your losses and move on, if his judgement of gender relations is so bad It’s a fair bet that when you dig a little everything else will be too, and being clever or witty can often just be a cover. Lots of despicable people have been quite good at their jobs but still despicable, Joseph Goebels was really good at his job. Life is short

As an author, my thoughts. This sexualization of women worries WILL KILL art. He's a dude, let him be who he is. We can't make him non-binary and woke. Be more mature and not reactionary emotionally. good luck, you're young. But your generation is weak and lacks inspiration due to this shit

I needed to share this, so after watching this video of yours, I went out of my way to read the preface of The Picture of Dorian Gray, and I feel so disappointed to realise that technologically, we as a society have evolved so much, but we still have the same mindset when it comes to art and opinions. I really like the way Oscar Willde states his opinion, but it to this day might be considered controversial, which is just disheartening.

Hi Ala, Are you into Literary Fiction?

You look like that cool, young, distant aunt from mother's side who smokes cigerettes and is also the first crush of the nephew.

THANK YOU, i felt SO uncomfortable reading norwegian woods even tho i´ve liked other ones? but this made me think that i had maybe ignored the woman writing problems in other books before, this book change mt view on the author. I dont know if the other ones are like that and i´ve just passed..

I haven't had a chance to read colourless tsukuru yet but I've read the other two and will read try read that soon- I definitely agree about norweigan wood. I think it focuses on all the slightly cringey sex parts of his writing instead of the magical realism of the other books.

I read lots of Murakami and my fave is The wind up bird chronicle ✌️ rlly recommend that one Love your vlogs sm 🥰

i love his work. Definitely read IQ84, if you like characters getting intertwined. However, the sexualization of women may make you feel uncomfortable...in Kafka on the shore, it is simillar though....

I have only watched the section that includes Kafka On The Shore, I apologise for skipping through the video, but I didn't want to get myself spoilt on the other books I haven't read yet. I just wanted to share my personal experience reading the book after hearing your thoughts, as it was not only the first book of Murakami I finished but also the first book I ever finished from page one to the end. It holds a special place in my heart, but it sure does have its flaws. Personally speaking the style of changing the narrative between both the protagonists was really bizarre to me and hard to read at times as well, it took me out of the narrative at times and made it really hard to concentrate, but slowly it really grew on me. The dream like atmosphere of the book really takes it's time to set itself, but once it does, it won't let you get the narrative out of your head. It's a feeling that I sometimes compare to taking a hot shower or having a cup of tea in a cold, breezy evening. Truly a magnificient experience, which really helped me relax. However, the downside of it being my first book is that I still don't understand a lot of ideas Murakami presented to this very day. I guess this video of yours is a reminder for me to go back and read the book once again. I am glad to have found your channel and will be looking forward to watching more videos, so keep up the good work, as you are doing an amazing job. Thank you for reading through this mountain of text.

I was surprised to hear about Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage since that is often overlooked as compared to Norwegian Woods or Kafka on the Shore. That being said I have yet to begin my Murakami journey and I know which one I could start with