Why is the Da Vinci Code and Harry Potter on there? One's an adult thriller and the others a book for kids.

>>158427956
Women are reading Harry Potter at 20-30 when they should be reading above a kids level.

Ever read Davinci Code?

>>158428440
Well, HP isn't targeted at adult women, just like how MLP isnt targeted at kneckbeards (I hope). And Da Vinci had a ton of stuff about sacred feminine and all that, but I think thats either how it actually was worshiped, or Dan Brown is a bit of a fairy and it seeped into the book.

But then again, women have never been known for their high intelligence.
Also, the only people I know that reads are reading the Hunger Games series, which they claim are the best books ever, why are people so retarded?

>>158428854
Because the first book is okay, and they havent read the sins against the English language that the second and third books are. And they may just be plebeians.

Women are so fucking annoying. They control anything mainstream right now. Music, movies, literature. Anything they like is BROADCASTED throughout the entire fucking WORLD to show how good their subpar romance novels are. so fucking annoying.

>>158427802 (OP)
The Help is a bad book?'
please explain

harry potter is good, and technically its children/teens literature


everything else...yeah

Poor OP. Does your mom not respect your hobby enough to buy you more games?

>>158429130
>English
They all read translated versions, and even if they read books in English they wouldn't know bad grammar if it so hit them in the face.
>>158429179
The only people who care about mainstream shit are women, it's basically just a giant international circlejerk of idiocy, which is why most people avoid mainstream crap.

>Quality women's music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0BWlvnBmIE

>Quality men's music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RznWJUkwXEM

>>158429179
>they control anything mainstream right now. Music, movies, literature.

show me some evidence. please. I know its fun to hate on women, but you cant blindly hate shit and make up facts.

>>158429130
This.

I actually thought the first book was decent. Not excellent, but the setting seemed kinda cool, government controls everything, kids have to fight in deathmatches, etc. After that it got pretty shitty, the third book was just a clusterfuck of nonsense.

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But... I liked Harry Potter.

>>158429508

>Show me some evidence

Look at what's most popular in the media.

There's your evidence.

>Atlas Shrugged
why is this on there?

>>158429445

>Th' Legendary Shack Shakers

Fuck yes, I love hellbilly music.

>>158429573
Thats not proof.

>>158429670

Yeah it is.

>>158429573
i see plenty of men and women in the media.

But women also created Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and To Kill a Mockingbird. OP's image is biased as fuck.

>>158429698
>FIND THE PROOF
thats not proof

burden of proof is on you.

>>158429573
The Illuminati control the government,

Take a look at the governments today.

Theres your evidence.

>>158429508
Anita Sarkeesian.

>>158429739
Atomic bombs dropped on people before women's sufferage: 0
Atomic bombs dropped on people after women's sufferage: 1


i think the data speaks for itself

Who doesn't like Harry Potter?

>>158429543
>"You like something popular! Get out!" Said the average /v/ user quite testily.

harry potter is shit, gee you fanboys needs to deal with that

>>158429716

And most of it is aimed at women. How many movies can you think of that don't involve a romantic subplot aimed at women?

Look at the new Green Arrow series they're coming out with. They redesigned the Arrow to appeal to women, turning a comic series originally written for men into female-inclined sex appeal.

>>158429754

It is proof though.

>>158429852
Im gonna save that away for later.

>>158429840
anita is supported by less than 7000 people. she is by no means controlling the media

she has a lot of attention, but her 15 minutes of fame are pretty much over until she starts making videos. and shell be gone the sooner we shut the fuck up about her

>Using the Adult Edition covers of Harry Potter
>Not using superior scholastic covers

>>158429859
people with taste

Most women I've met freely admit Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey are trash though, even if they read it.

>>158429937
its from SMBC i think
google it

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>Rand
>Trash
Ok maybe it was pretty bad but the message and philosophy behind it wasnt.

>>158430015
You mean hipster elitists who love the smell of their own farts?

>>158429852
It's two moron.

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>say "Harry Potter is a children's book"
>everybody in 10 mile radius gets mad

>>158427802 (OP)
>dan brown
>read by women

not saying his stuffs are good, but come on

>>158430009

Feminazism is fairly well documented as having far too much influence. Why do you think women are defaulted the kids in divorce cases?

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>women's literature
>harry potter

sure looks like you know a lot about books op

>>158429880
Shut the fuck up, Harry Potter was pretty cool.

>implying you wouldnt roll with Harry if he came to your doorstep and asked you to fight dark wizards with him and snog british redheads.

I didn't knew this pleace was full of harry potter fans, thats why this place had gone to shit

>>158430090
It's ok, you don't have to pretend you liked it.

>>158430090

>Message and philosophy behind it

That's part of what made it trash.

It's also hilarious that objectivist Ms. Rand went on social security like a paraside.

>>158429643
it's written by a woman, and women write shit,etc.

>>158429739

Dr. Frankenstein was a man

>>158430178
no you shut the fuck up and go read something god

>>158429913
>only women can enjoy romantic subplots
also, the fact that it is a subplot just shows that the main plot isnt aimed at them.

women are half the world, you cant just not include them in the media.

you're confusing women controlling the media with them just being represented

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>>158430221

>>158430126
No I mean people with taste

>>158430147
>Dan Brown
>drawn-out descriptions of Langdon's penis in The Lost Symbol

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>>158430090
>Ok maybe it was pretty bad but the message and philosophy behind it wasnt.

You clearly haven't read any philosophy.

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>>158430090
>Ok maybe it was pretty bad but the message and philosophy behind it wasnt.

>>158427802 (OP)
Harry Potter is more children's literature than women's literature.
Dont really have a problem with anything else on there

Harry Potter is good, though. And though I've never read or seen Hunger Games, people of both genders seem to love it from what I've seen.

>ayn rand

All of my Despise

fuck you, young potters were fun

>>158430146
This.

That shit fucking sucks.

>>158430239

You're not getting it.

Almost. Every. Piece. Of. Media.

Has a stupid, shoehorned romantic subplot that doesn't need to be there.

Romance appeals more to women than men. Women fuck things up.

>>158430323
isnt her philosphy pretty much "everyone should be a dick to eachother! HURRRR NOW WE"RE FREEEEE"

>>158430337
They're both YA Fiction.
And they're both good.

>>158430090
>but the message and philosophy behind it wasnt.
Did you even read it? that's precisely what made it trash. Otherwise it's just mediocre fiction.

>>158429420
I think you misunderstand the meaning of "Main Stream"
If something is "Main Stream", that means that most people read, play, enjoy, etc it. By definition, being popular is what makes something "main stream"

>>158430090
>Objectivism
>Good in any way shape or form

Fuck off, Linkara.

>>158429445

>Women's music
>Catchy, popular music done by a beloved female idol

>Men's music
>Gritty, try-hard hipster shit that no one listens to

>>158429739

You dont say.
/v/ ( or better the retarded majority/minority) is always cherrypicking on a subjact they have absolutly no clue about.

Look at videogames.
You can make a thread about every videogame ever released after 5 posts you get an answer like:
>the game is bad because [insert retarded based opinion here]

Pc players?
Neckbeards with a mikrodick.

Consolepeasants?
Underage kiddies.

People like Mario?
Adult Baby fetishists

Final Fantasy?
Grinding weeaboo faget

And so one

The Da Vinci Code was not written by a woman.

>>158428440
So what, /v/irgins are watching My Little Pony.

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Damn what's with those grim dark Harry Potter covers?

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>>158430204
Nope.
That was actually completey in sync whit her phylosophy of me-ism.
>>158430323
Oh but i have.
>>158430146
>Say mario is for kids.
>/v/ gets mad and calls you a troll.

>>158430445
You're talking bullshit, romantic subplots have been popular among both genders since the dawn of fiction.

Sappy romance novels? Ok that's for a female audience but just don't read that shit.

>>158430628
the thing is, my little pony is actually good.

>>158430445
there you go again implying that men cant enjoy a romance

romance is a universal emotion. Almost every story ever has it because it appeals to almost every person. Seriously, take any shitty college story writing class, you'll see how formulaic writing in media is (which was established by men in ancient greece largely).


women arent shoehorning romance into every movie for whatever imagined scheme you're thinking up. Romance is shoehorned in by everyone for everyone

yay another "I HATE WOMEN!!!!" thread.

How about we have a book thread instead? What are you guys reading? I'm currently reading A Game of Thrones, then if I'm still interested by the time I'm finished I'll move on to A Feast for Crows. If not, probably World War Z.

>>158430090
Actually, its the philosophy that is what makes it bad.
Not that the book is good by any means, but the philosophy is why its actually bad

>>158430484
>Hunger Games
>Good

Tried reading it but the writing was so god-awful I had to give up, not even joking.

The concept itself would be intriguing, if it hadn't already been done by Lord of the Flies and Battle Royale to a significantly better degree.

>>158430745
ell oh ell

>>158430445
Romance is a powerful fictional tool and has been used for millenia (by men and for men, fyi). Today romantic subplots serve the purpose of appealing to the widest possible audience. Just because there's a part that appeals a bit more to women than to men doesn't mean that women all of a sudden dominate all media.

>>158430761

They can.

Just not poorly written, shoehorned, generic romance inserted into every plot.

Subplot romance is aimed exclusively at women.

>>158429543
I read quite allot of children books, they are enjoyable but they often have plotholes and have pretty easy writing style.

The past part about harry potter I found was the magical world, like the candy, using magic ink to make moving pictures on papers or selecting a wand. But that got lost after 3.

>>158430848

>Widest possible audience

Mostly women.

Subplot romance detracts from the primary point of a fictional work. It's almost always unnecessary and anyone who supports it is a hack.

>>158427802 (OP)
Atlas Shrugged is a great book. I'm currently three hundred pages into it.

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>>158427802 (OP)
>Hunger Games except for Book 3
>Harry Potter
Nice trolling.
But I do agree that anything by Ayn Rand should be treated like Twilight, if not for claiming that everything we were taught about selfless is wrong.

>harry potter
>good
>hunger games
>good

what the fuck /v/?

>>158430682
See >>158430014

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>>158430682
I actually like Finnish Hairy Pooter covers.

>>158430571
You have to admit though, this board is a whole lot of fun to watch. It's actually quite a bit worse than /b yet oh so charmingly... angry about that fact.

>>158430745
>>>/mlp/

>>158429445

Never heard that second link before...but I like it.

>>158430314
Oh ok so I was right.

>>158430785
>>158430532
>>158430485
Whats so bad about it?
Shes just pointing out the fact that everything we do is done for ourselfs.
Its like saying Nietzsche was shit because you dont believe in nihilism.
When its just a constant of the universe.

>>158430982
It's not fun to watch at all, not if you were here in the beginning.

>>158430949
Hunger Games is not good, please refer to:
>>158430816

>>158430853
it really isnt.

dont let your loathing for women blind you to the facts. There are a million other things you could be looking at to support your hate, but you've chosen the most retarded thing ever

>>158431083
>Nietzsche
>Nihilism

you have no fucking idea of what you are talking about

>>158430729
Look, judging by what pictures you post, it's obvious that you are trash and your opinions don't matter. So just stop. You're wasting everyone's time.
Rest assured, you're going on a filter, but I honestly advise you to stop talking.

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>Adult men saying harry potter is good
>People saying hunger games is good

that's enough /v/ for today

>>158430979
Oh god that Harry looks like my uncle's wife.
She's Finnish too

>>158430090
http://www.cracked.com/funny-304-ayn-rand/
If Rand is correct, then Jesus was the Antichrist.

>>158427802 (OP)

>Twilight
>women

Pretty sure it's mostly teen girls that read that mess.

>>158430445
Well, looking at the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay over the past decade, let's count the number of movies with romantic subplots. I'd suggest...Oh, Talk to Her, Lost in Translation, Juno...3 out of 10? Not even close to almost every, let alone even a majority. Even if you included Midnight in Paris for having a romantic subplot (It's not a subplot, it is the plot), then it still hasn't found a majority.

tl:dr eat shit.

>>158430778
im reading naruto. up to chapter 312. shit fucking rocks

>>158430868
i think that largely has to do with 2 things

1. the audience grew up. They want something more mature
2. The characters grew up too. As much as you and i would both love the continued whimsicle adventures of 1 kid and his 2 best friends, it just cant stay that way for ever. I dont like it, but it has to progress the way it did

>>158429543
I liked them up to the third book, then I kinda lost interest in them. Not like it matters anyway

>>158430204
More interesting was how she cheated on her boyfriend (or husband, I cant remember) and justified it by saying that someone as important as her should be able to sex whoever she wanted.
Then when he turned around and cheated on her, she completely demonized him.

>>158431228
That's the final stage of the female intellectual evolution.

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>Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
It's philosopher's stone, ameriplebs.
get your shit together.

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>>158431210
Even amongst touhoufags that guy is known as a huge autistic faggot. I mean autistic in the non-bastardized sense as that's the only explanation I can think of for how he acts.

Troll picture is successful. And not videogames. Why are any of you replying?

>>158431106

So why are you still here?

>>158431206
Its like you never read zarathustra.
Am i being trolled here?

HEY EVERYBODY!
DONT FORGET TO GO SEE ATLAS SHRUGGED PART DOOOS
ITS OUT IN THEATERS NOW>
GO NOW
SERIOUSLY GO
DO IT

>>158431206
Not him.. but you're a fucking idiot if you believe Nietzsche has nothing to dow tih Nihilism.

>>158431421
Talking about video games is even worse.

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books

>>158431436
its like you never read any of his work
fuck off

>>158431463
Wasn't the first one terrible?

>>158429643
Because its terrible.

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Damn, are we getting an influx from /b/ or something?

Shit, take this thread to /r9k/ or /lit/ where it belongs, you fuckheads.

Also, ayn rand is an abomination of a human being and so is her writing style and philosophy, and the harry potter books are glamorized because we grew up with them, not because they're particularly well written ( although they are incredibly original).

>>158431210
>hating on Touhou
Nigga, pls, next thing you're going to call it anime, right?

>>158431463
Enough people saw the first part to warrant the sequel? Or is it one of those deals where they shot it all at once and were contractually obligated to release it?

>>158431083

She's not pointing it out.

She's encouraging people to behave that way instead.

>>158431214
I pretty sure it has more to do with the fact I started reading it as a kid.
It was partially for my generation
I can imagine that someone who never read it and became an adult wouldnt find it interesting, but I still do.
Call it nostalgia
Sure it isn't War and Peace, but I still really like it.

>>158431206
I'm sorry, but you're retarded. I studied philosphy for a while, during which time I read a couple of his works and that is fucking max nihilism.

Face it nigger, you are wrong.

>>158431646

>Horrible parodies of arcade shooters with little girls

They're shit. Fuck off.

>>158431668
Its not a sequel
They just split it in two.

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What are Hunger Games about? Not going to use google for a summary

>>158430816

>Lord of the Flies is the same concept as Hunger Games.

>in that both books involve children.

Did you even read those 2 books or know what a concept is?

>>158431083
Confirmed for never having read Nietzche's work. Nihilism wasn't a philosophy of his, it was a predicted cultural phenomenon or condition of finding arbitrary meaning in their lives without a moral center dictated by god(s). In short, eat shit and die, or go read Thus Spake Zarathustra.

>>158431679
I tried reading it as a kid. And fucking hated the shit out of it.

But then again, I was raised reading good books and playing quake, not children's fiction

"Books for women are so stupid!"

-Anons that play complete trash

Goes both ways, OP.

>the hunger games

Everyone I know adores that series and I just don't get it

>>158431784

Battle Royale, but written by a woman who says it was 100% original.

>>158431784
Dystopia government makes children fight to death in arena. Only one person can win.
2 people win due to the powah of love

Anne Rice wasn't that bad. Her vampires were still conniving, backstabbing, untrustworthy, evil assholes like vampires ought to be.

>>158431837

Thank you. At least someone here knows what they're talking about.

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>ITT : useless fags with no talents, hating on the successful ones.

Parasites on /v/, what a surprises.

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>>158431618
>incredibly original

>>158431083
confirmed for pseudo-intellectual who gets his facts from wikipedia. fucking pretentious tripfags

>>158431784
Dystopian future, a totalitarian state forces teenagers from poor districts to fight to the death once a year and it's televised. Some people say it's like Battle Royale but it has a different theme and style to it. It's a three-part series too and it goes beyond just the games.

>>158429445
Revised.
> Mainstream music made by a woman, everyone has heard of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdZ9weP5i68
>Mainstream music made by a man, everyone has heard of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgsgDp0o7pM

>>158431395
>having to censor "sorceror" from your movie titles because it offends your Muslim population

Enjoy living in England :)

>>158431784
Its basically battle royal for kids.
At leas the first one.
This opressive government forces two kids from every sector in the city to fight to the death.
The winner's sector will recieve extra rations for the year.

There actually were some interesting things like how before the battle began, the kids would have to make themselves look good for sponsors, so they could get supplies air dropped in for them.

The first book is worth a read, even though you have to remember its a kids book.The others, Im not so sure about, Never read them

>>158431931
If anyone bothered to read the book or pay close attention to the movie you'd see it had nothing to do with love.

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hey guys do you like dagrons

>>158430816
Lord of the flies has nothing to do with either of the other things you just mentioned other than kids and death.

>>158431931
>2 people win due to the powah of love
Sound a like generic JRPG

The rest could be kinda interesting I guess

>>158430173
Pretty much all women read Harry Potter. You don't talk to people do you?

>>158431083
Tragedy is for us to remember.

>>158431931
Wait isn't that Battle Royale

>>158431960
at least I have taste. bioshock is shit.

>>158432040
Same. I've read just the first book, but didn't bother going on, since I thought the ending was a bit stupid.

>>158431737
>I studied philosphy for a while

>hi guize I read dis book one time about nihilism and they say something about nietzsche xD im a true nihilism now fuck the police

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>tfw my favorite book is by a women

>>158431960

>Implying your success isn't mostly due to the work of earlier people and chance

There's a difference between people like Carnegie and people like Mark Zuckerberg.

>>158432086
I did, I was joking

>>158431839
Well it sounds like you had a somewhat boring childhood.
But whatever.

>>158432137
Your generic JRPG is moer like 4 people win with the power of friendship.

>>158432106
How the fuck did that book even get published

h o w

>>158431228
Nope, women too.

>>158431903
to be fair, even battle royale isn't THAT original. people have been recycling the gladiator concept since...forever

>>158431952
Thanks man. I'm actually not as partial to our fine German friend as philosophy undergrads would. Frankly, I've always found Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus to be a bit more relevant to my thinking, and it's certainly more readable.

>>158432106
Get that shit outta here.

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>>158432026
This.

Name one successful female composer

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quality

I actually enjoyed interview with the vampire immensely

I'm not sure how to feel about myself after twilight came along and the realization that it was all part of the same steaming pile of shit

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>>158431669
She wasnt.
Did you miss the entire point of atlas shrugged?
Or are you one of those kids that hates because of the massive strawmens Haters put up.
>>158431767
>Not knowing shit about shit.
>>158431561
Def trolling.
>>158431413
>Autism
Is not a bad things.
And yes, i am autistic.
Ive never denied that.
>>158431210
Rightio.
My pictures worsen any of the points i make and make my arguement less legit.

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>>158431618
>( although they are incredibly original).
Shit, I remember someone gifting me the book when I was a kid, saying it was the coolest thing among young people at the time. Even as a kid, I knew that was the most entry-level fantasy story I could ever find. Basically, any Ultima game outdid that book in every aspect.

>>158432214
Isnt thatt a comic?

>>158432374
as in, the movie, I might add

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>>158432230

And you're neither of them.
Strange, isn't it ?

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We're in a rape culture. Deal with it.

>>158432214
You have some pretty good fucking taste. I own a copy in paperback myself. On a related note, have you ever picked up Habibi? It's pretty fucking radical.

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b-but i read h-harry potter and im a guy...

>>158432414
Graphic Novel

>>158432323
But it was pretty shocking when they turned around and made it so children were murdering each other. That was why it was different
It was shocking, intentionally so

>>158432367
I read that before I watched the film and thank fuck for that because it helped me actually understand what was going on

>>158432323

But the author of Battle Royale goes out of his way to give credit to his inspirations, including the original Greek myth.

The author of the Hunger Games is that plagiarizing bitch from high school that thinks the teacher won't notice she copied blocks of text from wikipedia.

>>158431935
even so, anne rice is bad because she took part in popularizing vampire romance...which eventually led to twilight

>Implying women read "Atlas Shrugged"

>>158431994

How many other books do you know that take place in a world of hidden wizard with friggin goblin banks, broomstick sports, uh.... wands..... Giant snakes...


Shit's original, okay?

"A Song of Ice and Fire book series is the best there is" - Neckbeard from /v/

>>158432106
Is it really that bad? I know some dude who likes it a has recommended it to me several times

>>158432374
I used to like the movie, it was my first meeting with vampires having somewhat human behavior etc I was like 12

But I rewatched it some years ago and it was just boring crap with a pretty meaningless plot

Loli Vampire Kirstin Dunst is kind of cute though

>>158432461
Eh, all the same to me.
Ive been meaning to read that tho

>>158432460
If you were a kid and grew up with the books. Ok.

If you read them as an adult, I'm sorry but you have poor taste.

/v/, please stop trying to critically examine females and literature. This thread clearly demonstrates that the majority of you know nothing about either one.

>>158429643
Because its a masturbatory fantasy written by a butt-devastated woman who ironically died in a state funded hospital without a penny to her name.

>>158432589
It's pretty fucking awesome, and I just watched Argo so I gotta read it again.

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>>158432438
>that feel when you're too ugly that nobody rapes you

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>>158432435
You're not successful pal. You're on 4chan.

You can go home now

>>158432341
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Yoko Kanno, Esperanza Spaulding...

>>158432438
>someone takes quotes out of context from an interview and pastes it on the picture
>rape culture!!!

>>158431960
>Says the man who helped run his city into the ground and made his own son kill him.

>>158432494
I can kind of buy that she'd never heard of Battle Royale though. I mean, how's a middle-aged woman gonna know about a movie that was never released in the United States until this year? Let alone the novel or manga. I mean, it can happen but it's slim.

>>158432159
Yes. The Hunger Games ripped off of it.

>>158432621
Hahaha, that's my favorite part!!

>>158432505

Weren't vampire stories always tinged with romance?

I'm pretty sure Dracula was a pimp.

>>158432656
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/iconic-kissing-sailor-photo-sexual-assault-not-romance_n_19
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>>158432513
Im pretty sure more women than men have read atlas shrugged.

>>158432298
His parents published it.

>>158432459
I own the first and the sequel hardback copies. Also, no never heard of Habibi. Tell me about it.

>>158432646
I have to admit, Yoko kanno is pretty cool

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>>158432341
Nelly (Pétro) van Doesberg

>>158432763
More women read book in general, so the statistics should be weighted.

>>158432106
That was some pretty decent fanfiction.

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Does /v/ like it?

>>158430941
It's not, though. It's just a fabricated world where Ayn Rand's completely bullshit ideology works.

>>158431837
This is fucking stupid. Nietzsche uses Nihilism in many ways, both in positive and negative connotation. Some of his writings are bleak and nihilistic as fuck, maybe not so much Zarathustra because it talked about finding meaning for life outside of god or society but Nihilism definitely was HIS philosophy, whether he completely completely adhered to it or not.

Reading his post, I think we had a misunderstanding, hell, he didn't ever imply Nietzsche was nihilistic but you are a huge fucking retard if you don't think Nietzsche didn't help propogate, popularize, and build on Nihilism.

>>158430090
The message and philosophy were double-retarded and was poorly delivered.

And you shouldn't take any advice from someone who derails their own book for TWO HUNDRED FUCKING PAGES

>>158432106
When this came out I was 8, and I loved it because I thought it was super sophisticated and complex. I still understood it all though. Looking back, it was one of the worst books I've ever read.

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11/10

>>158432159
Some call it the Battle Royale with cheese.

>>158432763
>women
>reading an enlightened political philosophy

Nope.

>>158432902

Eh, not bad.

Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of King's novels. I think he works better as an author of short stories.

>>158432738
It wasn't quite seduction though, dracula was a bit of a rapist. The women were clearly victims.

>>158432621
see that's what you get for being a cunt and a shit writer

>>158432839

>More women read book in general

Eating a ton of shit doesn't make you a connoisseur of fine cuisine.

I have "The secret" next to me right now.
I have never seen people suck their own dicks so much.

>>158432139
Pretty much anybody from our generation that reads books at all has read Harry Potter, hate it or love it.

Thats like saying "Pretty much all guys eat cake, this makes cake MAN FOOD"

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>>158432950

>>158432738

No. Believe it or not, vampires used to be horrible undead monsters.

I love teen romance books, is this homosexual or bad in anyway?

>>158433012
But it does make you a connoisseur of shit.

>>158432763
Perhaps, but I find it difficult that women prefer the book over men.
It's a book about doing something with your life, something neither women or /v/ can comprehend.

>>158429543
You probably read it as a kid, not a grown adult

>>158432586
yeah, well, the whole troubled vampire tale has become a bit overused by now

and banderas' motive behind his agenda didn't make sense at all
>hurr im too old i cannot understand pls help

>>158432902
I love Stephen King. Desperation and The Stand are probably my two favorite books.

>>158431737
>everyphilosophystudentever.jpg
Hahaha, oh man, it rings true every time.
Nietzsche discussed nihilism, but he was not a nihilist.
Different guy.

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>watch kill bill with a friend
>chiaki comes up and i realize she played a girl in battle royale
>someone asks me what the fuck battle royale is
>describe it to them
>"so it ripped of the hunger games?"

>>158432902
I liked the first three, got partway through the fourth and stopped for some reason. Not sure if I want to bother with the rest since they apparently take a steep dive.

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>>158430090
>WAAAH WAAAH, MY JEW PARENTS LOST ALL THEIR MONEY TO THE SOVIETS! I'M GOING TO WRITE A FANTASY NOVEL ABOUT MY SELF INSERT BEING WHISKED AWAY BY THE PERFECT MAN AND DESTROYING ALL THE MEAN PARASITES.
>philosophy
Good god I you're just shitposting

>>158432738
Dracula was the closest thing a Victorian world could've came to an erotic novel. It's sown deep and rich with erotic subtext, which is why it's left out of a lot of HS curriculums in the States. I wouldn't say it was romantic, but it was definitely very sexual in nature.

It's still a classic book, but Goddamn people get upset about Twilight like supernatural romance/erotica was never a thing. It was and is very much a thing because it has a "forbidden fruit" aspect to it, which most everyone, men and women included, loves.

>>158433047
yet its still shit

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general women anger thread

well i always want to point this one out

>hang out with male friends, eat pizza, drink beer, play video games, go to bars

>hang out with a female friend, sit on ass and watch TV, while they browse facebook on their phone

in my experience, women are scrubs at having fun

>>158433243
see
>>158432932
Different guy as well.

>>158432987
>Women can't be intellectuals . . .

Yeah, that's why in America, women are significantly more likely to
>Attend High School
>Graduate from High School
>Attend College
>Graduate from College
>Get better grades in both

Eh I quite liked the Da vinci code, though I thought it was trying too hard sometimes.

>>158427802 (OP)
I noticed Harry potter on their. I enjoy that and the eragon series. am I a woman or a child

>>158433356
Both, probably.

>>158433317

>implying you actually know any women

You've been posting here too long to try to pull that trick.

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How about we get some non-pleb literature in here?

Atlas Shrugged is decent, the rest are pure shit. Of course this whole thread is just opinions so none of it fucking matters anyway. At least we can agree that religious books are fucking useless.

>>158433351

And yet we have yet to see any of these become a Catherine d'Medici.