in hindsight, the fact that people kept having Gatsby parties was the beginning of the end for American literacy

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also honestly, to the people who kept arguing that The Great Gatsby wasn't an important book that people had to understand because "it's just about rich white people" congrats on misunderstanding the role that the book played in highlighting the problem that rich people present to society

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like I'm a Black feminist who is all about expanding the canon but the argument that we should therefore chuck out the white dudes was always stupid

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@mraleosays.bsky.social & I have 4,000 words about Sold A Story Episode 4 coming out shortly. It's a doozy!

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Most of it stems from the bewildering decision to cap the most fraught episode of the season at 27 minutes. Was this not a topic worth exploring for even an additional 15 minutes? Since it muddles the timeline for listeners, the tight format doesn't even add clarity!

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