Comments | aristaea: Catherine Morland Reads Smut: Lessons from English 101

aristaea

Catherine Morland Reads Smut: Lessons from English 101

Aug 07, 2007 15:55

I watched Northanger Abbey last night, the new one with Felicity Jones that ITV aired during their Six Degrees of Doctor Who season, and I had to lol because it reminded me of the "artistic merit" stuff that's going on with LJ. In the comments at news, someone kept posting excerpts from books featuring teens having sex. Mostly I think they were cheap ( Read more... )

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shadowkitty August 7 2007, 20:00:48 UTC

He's going to be such a scapegoat for LJ. I bet he gets fired.

I love Northanger Abbey. It's my favourite Austen.

aristaea August 7 2007, 20:56:28 UTC

I don't think he'll get fired, because I don't have much faith that LiveJournal will make any big changes. But I won't be surprised if it happens, and it makes me a bit sad. I mean, proportional response is not: you deleted my blog, so I'll delete your job. Way to be reasonable, fandom!

I read Northanger Abbey in my first English class, and at the time I hated it (I was 14 and hated most serious literature because I thought I was SO smart and a WAY better writer anyway). I started reading Austen again when I was ~16, and I loved Pride and Prejudice, but I thought NA was quirky and wonderful. So now my favourite Austen is whichever one I'm reading at the moment.