Making Classic Lit Look Cool

It's not the most original idea for bookish humor, but this article from The New Yorker did manage to hit the nail on the head with its rebranding of "classic female-authored novels."  I wonder if a few high school English teachers might want to try this for some of their assigned reading when school starts back up in a few weeks.  

Here are a couple of my favorites from the piece:

"To Kill a Mockingbird

Six-year-old Scout Finch tells the story of her father, the woke AF lawyer Atticus. While her dad defends Tom Robinson, a black man who’s wrongly #MeTooed in the South, Scout discovers through her relationship with a mysterious neighbor that not all incels are bad. "

"House of Mirth

Lily Bart isn’t like other girls—she’s poor and, at twenty-nine, old as hell for a single lady! Even though she’s totally gorge and not just some basic thot, no one’s even tried to put a ring on it, not even her BFF, Lawrence Seldon, a broke-ass lawyer who works hard for the modern equivalent of what, like, maybe $70K, max? #Struggle. As Lily hobnobs with the New York élite, she’s increasingly drawn to Seldon in this classic Ross-and-Rachel romance." 

Other classics ranging from Little Women to Gone with the Wind are included in the article, so take a look to see if one or two of your favorites are there. It's fun.