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Content warning: this episode contains discussion of child sex abuse and pedophilia. What can survivors of abuse take away from the experiences of Nabokov's Dolores Haze? It depends on who you talk to. This week, Jamie examines the popular psychologies of Freud and Kinsey that Do ... Show More

Content warning: this episode contains discussion of child sex abuse and pedophilia.What can survivors of abuse take away from the experiences of Nabokov's Dolores Haze? It depends on who you talk to. This week, Jamie examines the popular psychologies of Freud and Kinsey that Dol ... Show More

Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of child sex abuse and pedophilia. "Who is that viper that likes them post-diaper?" This is just one of the objectively terrifying lyrics in a botched Broadway musical of Lolita -- the first an expensive, campy musical from the wr ... Show More

<p>At just 17 years old, Alisson Wood began a dangerous entanglement with a creative writing teacher at her school, who gifted her a copy of Nabokov’s <em>Lolita</em>. To hear “Mr. North” tell it, <em>Lolita</em> is the ultimate love story—a narrative the young Alisson bought int ... Show More

In the previous decade, Adrian Lyne had made two movies (Fatal Attraction and Indecent Proposal) that had grossed over $100 million in the US alone. With carte blanche to do whatever he wanted, he made an adaptation of the Nabokov novel about a 40-year-old pedophile’s obsession w ... Show More

This week, Lisa Hilton on the truth behind life as a 'grand horizontale'; and Juliette Bretan explores why Virginia Woolf served up boeuf en daube in To the Lighthouse.'Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman’s astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power', by Sonia Purnell'Eur ... Show More

In this episode, Mina explores some of the discussions that came up in February and March: aestheticizing failure as a woman, HBO's The Idol, sex scenes in tv shows, and how censorship and AI are affecting society's relationship to sex and companionship. Keep up with High Brow on ... Show More

<p>Is Count Orlok sexy? Or is Babygirl not sexy enough? With both films focus on female yearning - as well as the same US release date - Nosferatu and Babygirl have been paired together in the public consciousness. This week, hosts Ione and Gina dissect Barbenheimer part two; fro ... Show More

<p>Topics covered include: exquisite faces, rich inner worlds, being a Prada girl, dressing like a magician, nostalgia for <em>Rookie</em> magazine, the Jules special episode of <em>Euphoria</em> as trans girl canon, astrological turbulence, Scorpio eyes, metabolizing your emotio ... Show More

In this episode, the ladies dissect the history of tattoos and the many meanings they take on in different social and cultural settings. Digressions include a review of the award-winning girlboss car sex film Titané, a cult leader reaching new heights of hair bravery, and an exte ... Show More