#dostoyevsky — Public Fediverse posts
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dostoevsky fascism
one fresh article from «radio freedom» has clarified my opinion and allowed me to formulate my understanding of the essence of russian fascism, why dostoevsky’s «crime and punishment» is an exact expression of this fascism as the central, defining feature of the “mysterious russian soul”, and why reading of «tolstoyevsky» (the sort of suffering-based literature often considered by both russians and ignorant westerners pretending to be connaisseurs as the russian classics) by westerners without clear understanding that they are opening their souls to fascism is a huge mistake, and maybe a manifestation of latent envy and fascism support.
the essence of russian fascism (expressed throughout all of dostoevsky, and in the whining of today’s russian journo-whores and other influencers):
while a russian is suffering, he has the moral right [to do anything].
he, the suffering russian, has the right for any «intellectual equilibrism» to justify any atrocity, and therefore has the right to do this atrocity from the beginning. for a russian it is natural that as long as he is suffering, he is at the same ethical grounds as his victim – and if his suffering is sincere and unbearable (raskolnikov, and half of the rest of the classical Russian literature!) he is even more important, more interesting, more profound and pure than his victim – damn, he is practically a saint!
when a westerner reads «tolstoyevsky» not as a medical record of insanity, not as a confession of a criminal (the writer, not the character!) – it is like when an ignorant goes to a zone of radioactive contamination without understanding of the danger, without a protective suit and a time quota, without a plan of decontamination and without observation by specialists.
this western ignoramus does not partake in the «classics of world literature» – he voluntarily soaks in radioactive material, gets radiation sickness, and then carries the «gift» of radiation back to his own society.
i’ve done my best to translate this original short blog post (in ukrainian):
https://codeberg.org/tivasyk/blog.text/src/branch/master/posts/2026/2026-07-12-dostoyevsky.markdown
#russia is a terrorist state, russians are a nation infected by #fascism; this infection did not «suddenly happen» in 2022, nor 2014, nor 2008… instead it is part of the russian culture since much earlier, and #dostoyevsky is part of this deeply inhuman, fascist culture.
i first tried to publish this translation on my holos.social fediverse account… but it’s evident i have been putting too much trust onto that one, however publishing and especially updating already published posts from holos seems highly unreliable :-( this is why i’m doing a republish here.
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🎭 So, #Dostoyevsky isn't tough, eh? Just another casual read between episodes of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," except for those pesky Russian names that transform your brain into a bowl of #borscht 🍲. But don't worry, clutching a chunky paperback like a literary accessory totally counts as reading 📚.
https://www.autodidacts.io/dostoyevsky-isnt-difficult/ #CasualReading #KeepingUpWithTheKardashians #LiteraryAccessory #RussianNames #HackerNews #ngated -
🎭 So, #Dostoyevsky isn't tough, eh? Just another casual read between episodes of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," except for those pesky Russian names that transform your brain into a bowl of #borscht 🍲. But don't worry, clutching a chunky paperback like a literary accessory totally counts as reading 📚.
https://www.autodidacts.io/dostoyevsky-isnt-difficult/ #CasualReading #KeepingUpWithTheKardashians #LiteraryAccessory #RussianNames #HackerNews #ngated -
But how could you live and have no story to tell?”
― Fyodor #Dostoyevsky, White Nights and Other Stories / -
https://www.europesays.com/fi/152244/ Näyttelijä Hannu-Pekka Björkman ja Nina-rakas: Intohimo yhdistää #Celebrities #dostoyevsky #Entertainment #FI #Finland #Finnish #HannuPekkaBjörkman #intohimo #Julkkikset #Kirjailija #kirjallisuus #L/overSarja #näyttelijä #NinaHonkanen #Perhe #suhteet #Suomi #teatteri #Työ #viihde
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"It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise."
-Fyodor Dostoyevsky
#videography #philosophy #quotes #nature #Dostoyevsky -
"It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise."
-Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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"Pain and suffering are inevitable for a great intelligence and a deep heart.”
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"Pain and suffering are inevitable for a great intelligence and a deep heart.”
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In Dostoyevsky's view, the mark of true intelligence lies in embracing this reality—not as a source of despair, but as a pathway to strength, empathy, and wisdom.Ultimately, Dostoyevsky invites us to see pain not as a weakness, but as an essential part of the human journey—a teacher that, if understood, can guide us toward a richer and more meaningful life.
https://alvinandhisthoughts.com/the-intelligence-of-suffering-insights-from-dostoyevsky/
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In Dostoyevsky's view, the mark of true intelligence lies in embracing this reality—not as a source of despair, but as a pathway to strength, empathy, and wisdom.Ultimately, Dostoyevsky invites us to see pain not as a weakness, but as an essential part of the human journey—a teacher that, if understood, can guide us toward a richer and more meaningful life.
https://alvinandhisthoughts.com/the-intelligence-of-suffering-insights-from-dostoyevsky/
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The Wisdom of Embracing Suffering
Dostoyevsky's perspective on suffering challenges conventional notions of intelligence as mere intellectual prowess. Instead, he offers a vision of intelligence as a holistic, human experience, enriched by emotional depth and moral understanding.
Suffering, while painful, is an unavoidable part of existence. It shapes us, deepens our understanding of life, and connects us to the shared humanity of others.
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The Wisdom of Embracing Suffering
Dostoyevsky's perspective on suffering challenges conventional notions of intelligence as mere intellectual prowess. Instead, he offers a vision of intelligence as a holistic, human experience, enriched by emotional depth and moral understanding.
Suffering, while painful, is an unavoidable part of existence. It shapes us, deepens our understanding of life, and connects us to the shared humanity of others.
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Why #GenZ Loves #Dostoyevsky, Plus More Updates for #Library Workers
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Why #GenZ Loves #Dostoyevsky, Plus More Updates for #Library Workers
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Luckily Bert is right, you don't HAVE to read Dostoyevsky 😂 But you can if you want 😊
@bookstodon @bookbubble @humour @reading
#Song #Evita #Dostoyevsky
#Book #Books #BookMemes #Memes #Humor #Humour
#Novel #Novels #Bookshelf
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Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.
"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.
"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.
"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York."But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.
"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine."They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.
"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine -
Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.
"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.
"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.
"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York."But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.
"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine."They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.
"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine -
Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.
"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.
"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.
"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York."But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.
"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine."They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.
"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine -
Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.
"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.
"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.
"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York."But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.
"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine."They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.
"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine -
Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.
"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.
"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.
"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York."But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.
"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine."They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.
"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine -
we need to understand something: this is not some kind of teen revolt, for this kid to publicly demonstrate such inhuman message there must be a wide support of this idea in the society around her, a deep cultural acceptance of it.
this is the #russian culture, #dostoyevsky & #tolstoy. this is russky mir. -
@clot27 i insist that any interaction with a #fascist society, even a banal reread of #dostoyevsky, without mentioning the inhuman, imperialist wars waged by that society in the 21st century (not only the war in ukraine!) against neighboring nations — every such interaction is an act of support to the fascism.
wars are not waged by individuals, they are collective efforts of entire societies. the #russian society as a whole is unfortunately infected with fascism.
you are advocating fascism support.
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@clot27 i insist that any interaction with a #fascist society, even a banal reread of #dostoyevsky, without mentioning the inhuman, imperialist wars waged by that society in the 21st century (not only the war in ukraine!) against neighboring nations — every such interaction is an act of support to the fascism.
wars are not waged by individuals, they are collective efforts of entire societies. the #russian society as a whole is unfortunately infected with fascism.
you are advocating fascism support.
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Today is the 19th anniversary (blogiversary) of my "Notes from Underground" blog, and it just so happened that I saw a rather good critique on Facebook of the eponymous novel by Dostoevsky, so I nicked that for my anniversary blog post which you can see here:
https://methodius.blogspot.com/2024/11/notes-from-underground-19th.html
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Troma’s The Power of Positive Murder! is heading our way. Details here https://bit.ly/43zNjkR
#Troma #ThePowerofPositiveMurder #LloydKaufman #MartinMurray #CrimeandPunishment #Dostoyevsky #film #indiefilm
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What a treat! Dostoyevsky makes for wonderful immersive reading. All you need to do is accept that all the players are driven by forces they do not understand and cannot master. And allow the author to take you along. There always is redemption in the end --- whether this is genuine or artificial is hard to say, I get some aesthetic and moral joy from those endings.
#BrothersKaramazov is it. You could also try #TheIdiot, even more feverish than his other novels!
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What a treat! Dostoyevsky makes for wonderful immersive reading. All you need to do is accept that all the players are driven by forces they do not understand and cannot master. And allow the author to take you along. There always is redemption in the end --- whether this is genuine or artificial is hard to say, I get some aesthetic and moral joy from those endings.
#BrothersKaramazov is it. You could also try #TheIdiot, even more feverish than his other novels!
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A century before Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl offered his hard-won assurance that “everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances,” Dostoyevsky writes:
https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/12/05/dostoyevsky-execution-life/
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A century before Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl offered his hard-won assurance that “everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances,” Dostoyevsky writes:
https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/12/05/dostoyevsky-execution-life/
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Reading #Dostoyevsky is an intellectual dream, occasionally interrupted by remembering the contrast between #Russia of the 19th century and the 21st.
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#Quote "I #swear #gentlemen that to be too #conscious is an #illness - a #real #thorough-going illness" #Fyodor #dostoyevsky
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#Quote "I #swear #gentlemen that to be too #conscious is an #illness - a #real #thorough-going illness" #Fyodor #dostoyevsky
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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: It's Official: Taylor Swift's Caught a Case of Jock Itch https://jezebel.com/its-official-taylor-swifts-caught-a-case-of-jock-itch-1850869881 #Jezebel #kourtneykardashian #phoebewallerbridge #brucesilverstein #michelledockery #superbowllvii #phoebewaller #thesuperbowl #sophieturner #taylorswift #dostoyevsky #traviskelce #deanunglert #krisjenner #meagangood #katyperry #superbowl #swift #kelce #usher #uber
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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: It's Official: Taylor Swift's Caught a Case of Jock Itch https://jezebel.com/its-official-taylor-swifts-caught-a-case-of-jock-itch-1850869881 #Jezebel #kourtneykardashian #phoebewallerbridge #brucesilverstein #michelledockery #superbowllvii #phoebewaller #thesuperbowl #sophieturner #taylorswift #dostoyevsky #traviskelce #deanunglert #krisjenner #meagangood #katyperry #superbowl #swift #kelce #usher #uber
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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: It's Official: Taylor Swift's Caught a Case of Jock Itch https://jezebel.com/its-official-taylor-swifts-caught-a-case-of-jock-itch-1850869881 #Jezebel #kourtneykardashian #phoebewallerbridge #brucesilverstein #michelledockery #superbowllvii #phoebewaller #thesuperbowl #sophieturner #taylorswift #dostoyevsky #traviskelce #deanunglert #krisjenner #meagangood #katyperry #superbowl #swift #kelce #usher #uber
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This episode was too much fun because Russian Lit is too much fun.
