{"id":1099873,"date":"2021-12-08T18:29:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T23:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1099873"},"modified":"2021-12-08T18:29:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T23:29:28","slug":"orwells-1984-to-get-feminist-rewrite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/orwells-1984-to-get-feminist-rewrite\/","title":{"rendered":"Orwell\u2019s \u20181984\u2019 To Get Feminist Rewrite"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Forwells-1984-to-get-feminist-rewrite%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1099873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In an ironic twist to beat all ironic twists, \u201c1984,\u201d George Orwell\u2019s dystopian sci-fi tale that warns of the dangers of revising history and rewriting books for ideological ends is, itself, getting a feminist re-write. With approval from the Orwell estate, it will be re-told from a woman\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n<p>As first reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2021\/dec\/07\/feminist-retelling-of-nineteen-eighty-four-approved-by-orwells-estate?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other\">The Guardian<\/a>, the new narrative will be told from the point of view of Julia, the love interest of Orwell\u2019s main character, Winston Smith, who in the 1949 novel works at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history to suit the authoritarian government\u2019s propaganda purposes. Titled \u201cJulia,\u201d the book comes from American author Sandra Newman, whose past work has been nominated for a Folio Prize and the British Baileys Women\u2019s Prize for Fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Neman\u2019s publisher Granta told The Guardian that as a protagonist, Julia \u201cunderstands\u201d Orwell\u2019s fictional world of Oceania \u201cfar better than Winston and is essentially happy with her life,\u201d adding that Orwell\u2019s son, Richard Blair, \u201chas been consulted and approves of the project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/film\/global\/1984-george-orwell-sandra-newman-julia-feminist-1235128127\/\">Variety<\/a>, multiple Hollywood studios are already vying for the adaptation rights. \u201c\u2026 [W]hile film and TV rights won\u2019t be optioned for several months yet,\u201d the outlet reports, \u201cthere is already tremendous interest in \u2018Julia.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The literary executor of Orwell\u2019s estate, Bill Hamilton, said he is \u201cdelighted\u201d by the \u201cimaginative\u201d retelling. \u201cTwo of the unanswered questions in Orwell\u2019s novel are what Julia sees in Winston, and how she has navigated her way through the party hierarchy,\u201d he said. \u201cSandra gets under the skin of Big Brother\u2019s world in a completely convincing way which is both true to the original but also gives a dramatically different narrative to stand alongside the original. The millions of readers who have been brought up with Orwell\u2019s \u2018Nineteen Eighty-Four,\u2019 will find this a provocative and satisfying companion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sign-of-the-times-orwells-dystopian-novel-1984-soars-to-top-of-amazons-list-of-best-selling-books\">reported<\/a> in January, Orwell\u2019s classic has experienced renewed popularity in the age of increasing government power seizure and major news organization scandals, becoming the best-selling book on Amazon that month.<\/p>\n<p>One particular passage has been repeatedly quoted by social media users over the past year, describing life under the authoritarian ruler, Big Brother:<\/p>\n<p><em>Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jesse James, a contributor at <a href=\"https:\/\/notthebee.com\/article\/theyre-rewriting-1984-to-fall-in-line-with-feminist-orthodoxyyes-theyre-actually-doing-this-with-no-sense-of-irony-whatsoever-no-its-not-a-joke\">Not the Bee<\/a>, said of the new feminist retelling, \u201cWe have reached the stage of political discourse where they\u2019ve actually started to subject Orwell himself to Orwellianism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finished James, <em>\u201c<\/em>For whom is [the feminist version of \u20181984\u2019] intended? Fans of the original will be at best nonplussed by it. Latter-day woke Millennials have probably never even read&nbsp;\u20181984\u2019<em>&nbsp;<\/em>and so will have no cultural frame of reference for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an ironic twist to beat all ironic twists, \u201c1984,\u201d George Orwell\u2019s dystopian sci-fi tale that warns of the dangers of revising history and rewriting books for ideological ends is, itself, getting a feminist re-write. With approval from the Orwell estate, it will be re-told from a woman\u2019s perspective.As first reported in The Guardian, the new narrative will be told from the point of view of Julia, the love interest of Orwell\u2019s main character, Winston Smith, who in the 1949 novel works at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history to suit the authoritarian government\u2019s propaganda purposes. Titled \u201cJulia,\u201d the book comes from American author Sandra Newman, whose past work has been nominated for a Folio Prize and the British Baileys Women\u2019s Prize for Fiction.Neman\u2019s publisher Granta told The Guardian that as a protagonist, Julia \u201cunderstands\u201d Orwell\u2019s fictional world of Oceania \u201cfar better than Winston and is essentially happy with her life,\u201d adding that Orwell\u2019s son, Richard Blair, \u201chas been consulted and approves of the project.\u201dAccording to Variety, multiple Hollywood studios are already vying for the adaptation rights. \u201c\u2026 [W]hile film and TV rights won\u2019t be optioned for several months yet,\u201d the outlet reports, \u201cthere is already tremendous interest in \u2018Julia.\u2019\u201dThe literary executor of Orwell\u2019s estate, Bill Hamilton, said he is \u201cdelighted\u201d by the \u201cimaginative\u201d retelling. \u201cTwo of the unanswered questions in Orwell\u2019s novel are what Julia sees in Winston, and how she has navigated her way through the party hierarchy,\u201d he said. \u201cSandra gets under the skin of Big Brother\u2019s world in a completely convincing way which is both true to the original but also gives a dramatically different narrative to stand alongside the original. The millions of readers who have been brought up with Orwell\u2019s \u2018Nineteen Eighty-Four,\u2019 will find this a provocative and satisfying companion.\u201dAs The Daily Wire reported in January, Orwell\u2019s classic has experienced renewed popularity in the age of increasing government power seizure and major news organization scandals, becoming the best-selling book on Amazon that month.One particular passage has been repeatedly quoted by social media users over the past year, describing life under the authoritarian ruler, Big Brother:Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. Jesse James, a contributor at Not the Bee, said of the new feminist retelling, \u201cWe have reached the stage of political discourse where they\u2019ve actually started to subject Orwell himself to Orwellianism.\u201dFinished James, \u201cFor whom is [the feminist version of \u20181984\u2019] intended? Fans of the original will be at best nonplussed by it. Latter-day woke Millennials have probably never even read\u00a0\u20181984\u2019\u00a0and so will have no cultural frame of reference for it.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1099873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}