I taught high school English...I think...I refused to read Bronte but was quite happy to encourage students to read her...there were lots available summaries that I could use to discuss with...with which to discuss?
My thoughts on "house burping": I'm 1/3 enchanted, 1/3 "duh" (I instinctively air out the house no matter the time of year, maybe because I've always had dogs and they're kind of smelly?!), and 1/3 aghast that we're in this Tiktokification era of insisting on creating clever labels for everything from lazing around ("bed rotting") to taking notes ("junk writing").
When we lived in Zurich we received a printout from our landlord that outlined their expectations for how we would Luft the apartment everyday (twice per day, 5 minutes per time).
Lufting was also expected at work, but it was seriously frowned upon to leave the window upon all the time, despite our university building (like most) not having a/c. I quite enjoyed getting up from my desk and telling my colleagues I was heading outside to "Luft myself."
Read WH twice. For me, there is no getting around Heathcliff's sadism, even granting that he was mistreated when young. Perhaps the theme is that love has nothing to do with goodness of the loved one and there is nothing inherently good about love -- and Emily was one strange wild creature of the moors. She had a big dangerous dog, the Heathcliff of dogs. By the way, Heathcliff may have been not black but Romany.
I love that you still make mix tapes (and use typewriters). I make playlists via a mixtape logic (aka High Fidelity), but no longer have the technology for tapes. Just got that mix tape book from the library! Thx for the rec.
I thought Wuthering Heights was sooooo romantic when I read it in high school. It hits different when you’re older, and not always in a good way. If you want a better WH adaptation, the Andrea Arnold version is faithful to the book in some important ways—I think she’s the only director to cast a Black actor as Heathcliff, a casting change I appreciated.
First read Wuthering Heights in 12th grade English. Loved it then and have reread it several times since. On the other hand, I've given up on watching movie adaptations of the book because every one I've seen has been disappointing.
Aw, that article about Wuthering Heights makes me sad; there are so many other reasons to read the novel beyond a misreading of it as "the greatest love story of all time." It's not! It's a novel about delusion and cruelty and misunderstanding and the mismatch between desire and social constraint—and about somehow, almost miraculously, figuring out how not to keep perpetuating a cycle of violence and cruelty. If you don't go into it expecting or hoping to like everyone or anyone in it, but instead thinking about how it represents people interpreting and misinterpreting others, it gets much more interesting.
Thank you for the Wuthering Heights article. I hooted and read it out loud. I got through the audiobook, but couldn't agree more with Helen Coffey's assessment.
So, barley tea? Does it taste like flat Japanese beer? Just wondering…
it's got a nutty, roasted flavor
Solid playlist!
I taught high school English...I think...I refused to read Bronte but was quite happy to encourage students to read her...there were lots available summaries that I could use to discuss with...with which to discuss?
My thoughts on "house burping": I'm 1/3 enchanted, 1/3 "duh" (I instinctively air out the house no matter the time of year, maybe because I've always had dogs and they're kind of smelly?!), and 1/3 aghast that we're in this Tiktokification era of insisting on creating clever labels for everything from lazing around ("bed rotting") to taking notes ("junk writing").
100% on new labels for mundane daily activities.
When we lived in Zurich we received a printout from our landlord that outlined their expectations for how we would Luft the apartment everyday (twice per day, 5 minutes per time).
Lufting was also expected at work, but it was seriously frowned upon to leave the window upon all the time, despite our university building (like most) not having a/c. I quite enjoyed getting up from my desk and telling my colleagues I was heading outside to "Luft myself."
Hahaha that's amazing
Al Green- Tired of Being Alone- Thank you Austin 👌 (going way back this afternoon) And Mardi Gras madness is in full swing over here in Lafayette…
House burping?! You mean open a feckin’ window? I laughed and laughed.
Read WH twice. For me, there is no getting around Heathcliff's sadism, even granting that he was mistreated when young. Perhaps the theme is that love has nothing to do with goodness of the loved one and there is nothing inherently good about love -- and Emily was one strange wild creature of the moors. She had a big dangerous dog, the Heathcliff of dogs. By the way, Heathcliff may have been not black but Romany.
Thanks for introducing me to Love TKO. Gem of a song!
I love that you still make mix tapes (and use typewriters). I make playlists via a mixtape logic (aka High Fidelity), but no longer have the technology for tapes. Just got that mix tape book from the library! Thx for the rec.
I thought Wuthering Heights was sooooo romantic when I read it in high school. It hits different when you’re older, and not always in a good way. If you want a better WH adaptation, the Andrea Arnold version is faithful to the book in some important ways—I think she’s the only director to cast a Black actor as Heathcliff, a casting change I appreciated.
First read Wuthering Heights in 12th grade English. Loved it then and have reread it several times since. On the other hand, I've given up on watching movie adaptations of the book because every one I've seen has been disappointing.
Aw, that article about Wuthering Heights makes me sad; there are so many other reasons to read the novel beyond a misreading of it as "the greatest love story of all time." It's not! It's a novel about delusion and cruelty and misunderstanding and the mismatch between desire and social constraint—and about somehow, almost miraculously, figuring out how not to keep perpetuating a cycle of violence and cruelty. If you don't go into it expecting or hoping to like everyone or anyone in it, but instead thinking about how it represents people interpreting and misinterpreting others, it gets much more interesting.
Thank you for the Wuthering Heights article. I hooted and read it out loud. I got through the audiobook, but couldn't agree more with Helen Coffey's assessment.
I appreciate the novel and liked the movie. They’re different texts, like Stephen King’s The Shining vs Kubrick’s adaptation.