Not your Lolita

"Not your Lolita" is a book about the normalizations of repression of women in culture and literature. From the fact that we are more serious in the classroom because we "mature earlier" and have to prove our intellect, to our adolescence, where purity is demanded but at the same time we are sexualized. What is the origin of all these beliefs? The protagonist, Lolita, enters the world of "classic" literature in her adolescence, learning about women written by men, fictional beings that reinforce all these constructs in culture.

Lolita decides to read women and reconstruct what she was brought up to be for so many years. The protagonist learns that she was not born with innate guilt, and that she is not anyone's Lolita, she is the author of her own story.

«We need characters that feel real, complex and multidimensional. This is how women are and we are tired of being represented with flat, complacent and predictable female characters. Now we need characters like Lo, who in everyday life help you dream big, in a bigger world for everyone.»

-Denisse Kohn, NYU Medical Nutrition Specialist and Co-Creator of the Podcast "Mujeres Comiendo"

«Totally addictive. Gilmore girls made feminist, same coffee addiction but deeper conversations. I wish I had read Clarke at 16, everything would be different.»

-Milagros Mir, General Coordinator Tremendas Foundation and Creator of @simplemetanoia

“A novel for all ages. They are experiences that, in one way or another, every woman can identify with. It shows you that there are many emotions and feelings that we share as girls and women."
 
-Julieta Martinez, founding activist of the Tremendas platform and member of the UN Women Youth Task Force

“Lo's story is a constant revelation of what her environment demands her to be.
Not your Lolita is a declaration of identity, which inspires you to take off the blindfold and speak up, to rebel in order to be more free and conscious, like her."

-Nicolás Acevedo, psychology student

“As Jo March says... I like good, strong words that mean something. This book has them. Not only does it patiently teach you about the importance of women's literature, but with brave, free, intellectually spontaneous words, it shows you."

-Antonella Sigala, jazz-pop singer-songwriter and activist

“It highlights how important it is to read female authors because of how invisible they are and to have a look at the feminine through the female lens (and not from the masculine, as has predominantly been the case until now). I was shocked to recognize in my life what the book says: the times that, for presenting a situation in a better way than a man, they have told me and continue to tell me that I am manipulative and calculating."
 
-Roxana González, computer engineer FCFM and director of REDMAD (Network of Women in Senior Management)