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What’s a Culture Snob to Do?

July 10th, 2009

‘A commuter poses with D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover in 1960, the day it went on sale after a 32-year ban was lifted.’

James Wolcott in Vanity Fair, What’s a Culture Snob to Do?:

“Pity the culture snob, as Kindles, iPods, and flash drives swallow up the visible markers of superior taste and intelligence. With the digitization of books, music, and movies, how will the highbrow distinguish him- or herself from the masses?”

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