Ovid, Patron Saint Of Pickup Artists: How The ‘Red Pill’ Guys Are (Mis-)Appropriating Classical Lit

Ashley Fetters talks with classics scholar Donna Zuckerberg (yes, Mark’s sister) about what the “Red Pill” community — “the corner of the internet dominated by men’s-rights activists, the alt-right, pickup artists, and the sex-eschewing communities known as Men Going Their Own Way” — finds in these ancient Latin books (e.g., Ovid’s Ars Amatoria) and how they misread and misuse the texts.

Article source here:Arts Journal