{"id":153267,"date":"2023-10-30T13:58:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T21:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=153267"},"modified":"2023-10-30T13:58:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T21:58:50","slug":"the-nix-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=153267","title":{"rendered":"The Nix (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m reading Nathan Hill’s novel The Nix. Here are some highlights<\/a>:<\/p>\n

* \u201cPorn is a problem for the whole project of enlightenment,\u201d Alice said. \u201cIf otherwise rational, educated, literate, moral, and ethical men still need to look at this, then how far have we really come? The conservative wants to get rid of pornography by banning it. But the liberal wants to get rid of it too, by making people so enlightened they no longer want it. Repression versus education. The cop and the teacher. Both have the same goal \u2014 prudishness \u2014 but use different tools.\u201d<\/p>\n

* \u201cThe men in the movement say this shit all the time,\u201d said Alice. \u201cLike if you don\u2019t want to fuck them they wonder why you have such big hang – ups. If you won\u2019t take off your shirt, they tell you not to be so ashamed of yourself. Like if you don\u2019t let them feel your tits you\u2019re not a legitimate part of the movement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m reading Nathan Hill’s novel The Nix. Here are some highlights: * \u201cPorn is a problem for the whole project of enlightenment,\u201d Alice said. \u201cIf otherwise rational, educated, literate, moral, and ethical men still need to look at this, then … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21791],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t