#lolita book

wanted, wanted: dolores haze.

lifestyles and aesthetics are different things. lifestyles are toxic, aesthetics are not. 

examples:

lolita aesthetic: pink plaid skirts, cherry cola, dewy grass, picnics under the bright blue sky.

lolita lifestyle: taken advantage of by an old man, being manipulated, pedophiles, daddy issues, lifelong trust issues.

dark academia aesthetic: tweed blazers with elbow patches, winding forest paths, gothic architecture at your university, books scattered and random loose leaf pages.

dark academia lifestyle: drugs of all sorts, always sleep deprived and not in the fun way, obsession and destruction, mistrust, toxic relationships, living in fear.

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it is okay to like the lolita aesthetic, the pink skirts and holding a plastic red cherry under the baby blue sky; it is not okay to think the only way to live up to it is to be with a man old enough to be your father.

it is okay to like the aesthetic of “the secret history”, the studying in the library with piles of books around you and plush divans; it is not okay to think you achieve this by murdering a classmate, doing drugs, smoking cigarettes, being obsessed with your studies so that they ruin your life.

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so many aesthetics, like the lolita aesthetic or dark academia aesthetic, get a bad reputation because people associate them with the toxic lifestyle, but liking the aesthetic is simply finding what is visually pleasing to you. act as pretentious as you please, but don’t put others down in the process. like schoolgirl fashion, but don’t do it to attract kinky old men.

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this is what you find visually pleasing vs. toxicity.

like this post if you’d like to see a movie about Dolores’ POV during “Lolita” instead of Humbert, clearly the entire book and movies were in his POV and I’d really love someone to write a screenplay and try and make a movie about it! Coz I love Lolita but not for sick reasons people think! I watch it for Lolita, it is HER story!! It’s a messed up book and movie(s), but I think that’s the point - is to show how paedophile can justify his actions to himself because he “loves” Lolita, but not Dolores, he loves Lolita, the child. I don’t think some people took the book or movie the right way, yes it is sick, that’s the point. But that’s a WHOLE other topic I could go into (sidenote: I’m thinking of starting little mini movie reviews on here idk)…Anyway like this if you think that’d be great to see it in her POV (re-made or something) or chime in with thoughts! :))