9: The Four Lolitas

<p>Host of the Lolita Podcast and The Bechdel Cast Jamie Loftus joins us once again to discuss the very complicated legacy of <em>Lolita.</em></p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a><p ... Show More

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 Lolita. To hear “Mr. North” tell it, Lolita is the ultimate love story—a narrative the young Alisson bought into, until she grew old ... 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

Motherhood, money, men, and masterpieces. These are some of the topics I get into with actress and it-girl, Julia Fox. From her past as a dominatrix to her current relationship with sex—we cover it all. A Sony Music Entertainment, Somethin’ Else, and Bitch Era Media production. F ... Show More