Once upon a time my father said something to the effect of:

“The stories of a culture tell you who they are. Their beliefs, motivations, heroes, expectations. All of these things can be seen through stories”.

Studying Literature and the Arts is one of my hobbies. I don’t pay any snooty professors for the privilege, though xD.

When I was younger I started with my dad’s collection in cardboard boxes in the attic. Books like “Tunnel in the Sky”, “Starship Troopers”, “A Princess of Mars”, and “Conan the Cimmerian”. “Chronicles of Amber” is another good series.

As I got older I branched out into ancient mythology, and, of course, watched the movies that came out from Hollywood. Sam Niel’s “Merlin” and “the 13th Warrior” stand as two of my favorites.

Since taking the Red Pill nearly six months ago my I have a new perspective for my hobby reading, and I realize why I prefer so much Art that was before the mid 20th century.

Having read and seen all that I have, I’d like to say that this facet of modern life, the arts and literature, definitely stand out to me as a clear example of what has changed in modern culture. Some of my most hated movies are modern “classics” like Napoleon Dynamite, Kickass, Superbad, or Twilight.

Gaaaah, to hell with Twilight. I remember picking up a classmates copy while being bored one day and, seeing that it was about vampires, figured it couldn’t be all that bad. I liked Dracula, after all.

Boy was I wrong! xD.

I still maintain to this day that I could write a better vampire story than Twilight. Maybe I will eyeroll.

I used to really love the Harry Potter series, but now I can’t stand the main character. He’s whiny. Entitled. Walks through life and waaay too much shit is handed to him on a damn silver platter. Maybe he’s just trying to make up for the shitty life the Dursleys gave him, but another thing I noticed was the theme of surrender vs overcoming adversity. It’s not there all the time of course, but Harry repeatedly “surrenders” to the bad guys instead of red-bloodedly smashing them to a pulp when they fuck up his life.

He’s loved for BEING the Boy Who Lived, not necessarily because he’s a badass wizard.

Are not Red Pill men supposed to be respected and admired for what they do?

Of course the guy who accomplishes the most in the series is the villain, Voldemort.

I’ve seen some of the DC Superhero movies that have been coming out every year or so. Not all of them. I liked Iron Man, and loved the batman series.

But geez, when I heard about the Superman movie where Lois Lane plays at being a “Strong, Independent Woman TM” then being saved by Superman YET AGAIN, my first thought was how the hell does that make any sense?

How can Lois Lane be a Strong Independent Woman if Superman still needs to save her?

My dorm mates in college all loved Kickass, and I hated it. Absolutely hated it. I couldn’t really articulate it at the time, so it was just passed off as me being “contrary”.

But no, Kickass to me is a perfect example of the simple Narcissism that is the zeitgeist of our time. Its been a while, but I remember the two main heroes being perfectly skinny fucks that had no place beating up muscle-bound boxers. The idiotic costumes and the angsty sub-text…

To me its like some 14 year old’s self-insert fan-fiction put onto the screen.

Here's a link that got me started on all of this:

http://www.scifiwright.com/2013/11/saving-science-fiction-from-strong-female-characters-part-1/

Well enough of my ranting. What do ya'll think of modern culture? How has the Red Pill opened your eyes to it?