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"One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed."

- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

an open discussion

i picked up Brave New World by Aldous Huxley today for my literature class, and i was curious to hear some of yalls thoughts about the strange and honestly sort of twisted way the Lost Generation authors and artists handled the horrors of WW1, followed by the prosperity of the 20s, only to then be plunged back into turmoil and darkness for much of the 30s and 40s, and over and over this cycle repeats (especially in american history, unfortunately i cant speak much on other countries). if youve read Brave New World feel free to add any extra insight, but if not then you're still welcome to add to the discussion <:

disclaimer: this book was published in 1931, so no, it probably doesn't have a tumblr seal of approval. proceed with this understanding and we'll have ourselves a gay old time. we (as a human collective) can read old literature and criticize it and know we know better now, but we dont have to burn it or throw it away, it's still important to learn and read.

So I was trying to find out when choking became a popular fetish (i don't remember what made me think of this, don't ask) and google was not giving any answers but eventually I found out it was first depicted in a novel made in 1791. People were reading kinky smut in the 1700s.

Also - apparently some dude in 1718 died of autoerotic asphyxiation so it's been around for longer, but there is smut from 1791 that is still readable (I found a pdf, I'm going to read it with my friend soon) and it's called "Justine (Les infortunes de la vertu)" by Marquis de Sade but I've seen it just being called "Justine" so

And it's a French book from during the French revolution. There is kinky 1790s smut that was published during the French revolution