Book · 1900 · Sexual behavior
Lady Chatterley's Lover
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Lady chatterley's lover you know makes you stop and think about the power of controlling people not who they are but what they're supposed to be in society and how they respond and act to that you can take that and set it in any setting.
What they say about it
- Controversial sexual content“very controversial for its sexual content”2
- Censorship and legal bans“banned as a pornographic novel”2
The best things said about it
It's supposed to be a classic. She's like.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Jul 2024 It was quite sexually graphic for its time, and that ban was eventually overturned.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Dec 2024 It's sort of one of the great books because it dared.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Jul 2022 Some time since the early 60s, we kicked free of all the dumbest restraints on free speech, government censorship, you could publish, you couldn't legally publish "Lady Chatterley's Lover" James Joyce's, "Ulysses", Henry Miller's, "Tropic of Cancer", Alan Ginsberg's, "Howl" before about 1960 without worrying about being dragged into court.
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Why people recommend it
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence is a classic novel renowned for its frank depiction of sexuality and its historic role in battles over literary censorship. On The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Jordan Peterson cited the famous British ban on the novel as a historical marker of shifting societal attitudes toward sexually explicit content. Lex Fridman noted on the Lex Fridman Podcast that a high school English teacher had originally recommended the classic to him, and he later revisited the subject with guest Joe Rogan, who observed that the book was one of the early works to face massive controversy over its sexual themes over a century ago. Nichelle Nichols discussed on StarTalk Radio how the novel prompts readers to reflect on societal control and the pressure to conform to expected roles rather than individual identity. On The Rubin Report, Nick Gillespie placed the novel alongside other previously suppressed works like Ulysses and Tropic of Cancer, highlighting how the relaxation of government censorship in the early 1960s allowed such groundbreaking literature to be legally published freely.
Every mention
Lex Fridman I had my English teacher in high school recommended a book from me by D. H. Lawrence. It's supposed to be a… 2
“I had my English teacher in high school recommended a book from me by D. H. Lawrence. It's supposed to be a classic. She's like, "This is a classic you should read." It's called "Lady Chatterley's Lover."”
“Yeah you have to do the same kind of stuff for like, D.H. Lawrence has a book called, "Lady Chatterley's Lover," and I know it sounds ridiculous, but it was one of the early books, I believe over a century ago that was very controversial for its sexual content. It's sort of one of the great books because it dared”
Joe Rogan Yeah you have to do the same kind of stuff for like, D.H. Lawrence has a book called, 'Lady Chatterley's Lo… 1
“Yeah you have to do the same kind of stuff for like, D.H. Lawrence has a book called, 'Lady Chatterley's Lover,' and I know it sounds ridiculous, but it was one of the early books, I believe over a century ago that was very controversial for its sexual content.”
Jordan Peterson He identified a famous case with Lady Chatterley's Lover, which was banned as a pornographic novel in Great… 1
“He identified a famous case with Lady Chatterley's Lover, which was banned as a pornographic novel in Great Britain. It was quite sexually graphic for its time, and that ban was eventually overturned.”
Nichelle Nichols lady chatterley's lover you know makes you stop and think about the power of controlling people not who the… 1
“lady chatterley's lover you know makes you stop and think about the power of controlling people not who they are but what they're supposed to be in society and how they respond and act to that you can take that and set it in any setting”
Nick Gillespie some time since the early 60s, we kicked free of all the dumbest restraints on free speech, government cens… 1
“some time since the early 60s, we kicked free of all the dumbest restraints on free speech, government censorship, you could publish, you couldn't legally publish "Lady Chatterley's Lover" James Joyce's, "Ulysses", Henry Miller's, "Tropic of Cancer", Alan Ginsberg's, "Howl" before about 1960 without worrying about being dragged into court”
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