Lolita in Pop Songs Ranked: Worst to Best

CONTENT WARNING: Topics in this video are heavily focused on disturbing and triggering events such as sexual assult, child abuse, child abduction, and grooming.
Lolita, the controversial novel by Vladimir Nabokov, has left an indelible imprint on pop culture, for better or worse. Documenting the events of a man in his thirties kidnapping and lusting over his twelve-year-old stepdaughter, the novel continues to spark debate among readers and popular media consumers. Part of the novel's brilliance is that it holds up a mirror to the racist and sexist societal status quo, and the story is heavily referenced in pop songs including The Police's "Don't Stand So Close To Me," Lana Del Rey's "Off to the Races," and "Guilty" by Barbara Streisand and Barry Gibb. But at what point does the employment of the Lolita trope in pop music do more harm than good? Watch the full video to find out!
- 'Lolita Podcast' by Jamie Loftus: open.spotify.com/show/4dvc06z...
- 'Being Lolita: A Memoir' by Alisson Wood: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
- Lola Sebastian: 'we need to talk about Lolita': • we need to talk about ...
- Nylijah Myeesa: 'The Revisionist History of the Nymphet Community (corrected by someone who was actually there)' • The Revisionist Histor...
- Caitlin Andrews: 'Lana Del Rey and ‘Lolita’ Culture' grainofsaltmag.com/lana-del-r...
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00:00 Prelude: My Introduction to Lolita
8:50 Lolita in Pop Culture
13:33 Lolita Song Rankings
41:12 Conclusion
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