/lit/ - Literature

Did you forget about Harry Potter?

>>20765058

It's because less people are willing to talk about the bigger picture or are unable to comprehend the 21st century so they write about something they can understand.

>>20765082
But why does that specifically apply more to wmen than men? Are they just inherently less worldly and more narrow-minded than men?

>>20765055
Because they don't have the based mental illnesses anymore (depression, schizophrenia) but the cringe ones (BPD, narcissism). Women have been gradually turning into trash for half a century now but social media made them insufferable.

>>20765106
Can narcissism be a full-on mental illness? I thought it was just a flaw/trait, like arrogance. Social media has definitely played a role in their regression.

Virginia Woolf was a dreadful writer, it's actually really strange how even /lit/ drank the feminist kool-aid on this one, you guys usually see through it

>>20765091
>why does that specifically apply more to women than men?
I didn't say that it did, but if it did it'd be because women are more easily deceived than men because trusting people who don't deserve trust makes them feel good.

>>20765115
Still better than the rubbish modern day women will shit out, notably so

>>20765055
They are too busy having sex with not me

>>20765117
Nice cat anon

>>20765125
Would you rather have your literary pursuits disturbed by the common whore's carnal pleasures?

>>20765114
It's a personality disorder, but the degree of narcissism displayed by average e-thot is definitely bordering on mental illness.

Anyone else read pic related? Weirdly comfy.

>>20765135
Yes

>>20765055
Because most women didn't write at all and those that did were exceptionally weird. The pool's been diluted now that everyone is taught to read and write. Also the usual greater male variability is in play here.

>>20765148
Schlock written by a Jewish industry plant

>>20765152
Ha, fair enough.

>>20765058
Unironically Harry Potter is 80x more kino than anything the wench that is the woman in OP's picture made

>>20765055
Because no one can write anymore.

Back in ancient times, a poet (literally, "maker") was basically a half-priest. Formulas, kennings, riddles - it was all very serious business, meant either to ensure your immortality via κλέος (glory), or to provide some everlasting wisdom.

Nowadays, high-brow literature is mostly just subverting conventions for the sake of subverting conventions. Low-brow literature is just some random pile of worthless shit. There is no purpose behind this.

>>20765237
>high-brow literature is mostly just subverting conventions for the sake of subverting
literally everything is like this nowadays--politics, television, gaming, you name it. people seem to think this is an inherently groundbreaking technique

>>20765055
Social engineering for conformity and maximum obedience flattens culture and dries up creativity.
It’s capitalism. State-capitalism.

>>20765237
agreed

*blocks your path*

>>20765135
probably

>>20765055
>implying women in any era could write

>>20765065
Harry potter is kino.

>>20768339
sure it is

>>20765082
To be fair, the 21st century moves way too fucking fast for ANYONE to genuinely understand.

>>20765055
>today anymore
You learn first dickhead

>>20768854
You learn first, dickhead. *

nobody can

>>20765055
Very few women could write before but now its even worse as more and more of them waste their intelligence on hedonism.

>>20770081
Unlike men?

>>20765115
It's strange because there are some more competent female writers people could turn to. Mrs. Humphrey Ward for instance. Woolf is an excellent tool for them though because her books are very shallow and very easy to teach through the lense of political fads.

Only suffering can make great artists and women do not ever suffer
modern woman lives a life of godly luxury with everything handed to them on silver platter, they are spoiled with so much love and affection a feeling of sadness can never grace them

>>20765058
Kek

>>20765106
Probably wrong but interesting take

>>20771197
Men have declined too. Except they still mog women in every single creative pursuit.

>>20765058
I did until this post, unfortunately.

>>20765055
But they do.

>>20771197
there are not any readable male authors post Kenzaburo Oe

>>20765115
For me, it's the Dick. Emily Dick.

>>20765280
what about the classics that subverted the expectations of their times that you so praise? or can your brain only operate within the parameters of a "culture war" or whatever current brainrot you consume to convince you as is?

>>20765055
Notice how women were good writers only in the 19th century. That century was an anomaly. You should be asking why women were so good then.

>>20776049
simp men worte their books