In Chapter 11.1 of 1984, Winston and Julia’s rebellion gets complicated. Their secret meetups involve shoelace codes, bird-scented hideouts, and dodging telescreens like Olympic sprinters. Meanwhile, Julia drops a few bombshells of her own—like her year in the Party’s porn department, “Muck House.” Dan and Jennifer try to make sense of it all, from the Party’s weaponization of horniness to the sad fate of romantic connection in a world run by snitches and slogans.

Things To Listen For:

• The Party’s steamy war on sex (and how it fuels fascism)
• Julia’s surprising resume: anti-sex activist by day, porn producer by... also day
• Winston’s workweek: 60 hours of dystopia plus part-time bomb assembly
• Why Dan would not grab a beer with anyone in this book

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Topics Covered:

1984, Julia, Winston, Junior Anti-Sex League, telescreens, secret rendezvous, sexual repression, porno sec, Muck House, party doctrine, Newspeak, censorship, book bans, dystopian romance, totalitarianism, thought police