It pays to be ignorant …

… Nabokov's Lolita: the latest thing millennials have apparently ruined | Books | The Guardian. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Alongside trigger warnings and safe spaces, the imaginary millennial war on Lolita has become an oddly specific cultural trope. As a stick to beat us with, it’s rotten. Nobody making this statement seems to have consulted any millennials for their thoughts – but more to the point, nor do they seem to have consulted Google. Nabokov’s struggle to get Lolita published in his own time is common knowledge, and not at all difficult to learn about if you are curious.