1984 | Ch. 17.6 - The Party Makes You Forget You Forgot

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan read the next section of Goldstein’s manifesto—and it gets bleak. Orwell explains how the Party rewrites reality so often that people forget they ever believed anything else. Jennifer recounts a formative memory about civil rights and force. Dan loses it over Orwell’s ode to giant butts.

Things To Listen For:

• Julia’s boob gets a brief cameo.
• Robot’s log includes a genuinely haunting thought about forgetting the truth.
• Beowulf Rochlen brings good news from a prison vineyard in Italy.

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Topics Covered:

1984, Goldstein’s manifesto, doublethink, memory manipulation, Connie Rice, civil rights, Julia’s body, Orwell’s beauty standards, proles and war, propaganda, diaper line poetry, banned books, censorship