How to Read

And Roxanne, you do have to learn that everybody’s tastes are different. That’s why our OfTru sponsored reading groups are so much better than the old university model—there’s no leaders, no one telling you what to think. It’s true democracy. Of course, it was resisted at first by the old elite, jealous of their privileges, wanting to hold onto their cultural capital. Our goal is to redistribute that wealth—in fact, challenge the idea of high culture in the first place. Culture should be self-expression—therapy. It should be immediate and relevant—your ideas, not those of some dead, usually male, so-called expert.