34. Where Have All The Humanities Majors Gone?

On today’s episode, Sophie and I share our reactions to the recent New Yorker article The End of the English Major.  The humanities are near and dear to both of our hearts and it’s hard to imagine either of our lives without literature and art as driving forces.  There’s been lots of buzz and op-eds in response to the New Yorker and we share our thoughts about those as well.  Join us!

Shownotes

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/opinion/english-literature-study-decline.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/the-end-of-the-english-major

Sarah Hildreth’s Substack article

https://open.substack.com/pub/fictionmatters/p/reading-in-public-no-4?r=gc06y&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

In Deb’s book tote:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/cursed-bread-sophie-mackintosh/19349640?aid=4835&ean=9780385548304&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

In Sophie’s ear bud:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/still-watching-succession-by-vanity-fair/id1328561705

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