Slaughterhouse 90210 is every pop culture and book lover’s dream.
Slaughterhouse 90210 is a Tumblr started by Maris Kreizman in 2009 that pairs literary quotes with pop culture references to hilarious effect.
Luckily for all of us, the brilliant blog is now a book, out today from Flatiron Books.
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The images in Slaughterhouse 90210 — whether television stills or real-life pop culture moments — complement the literary quotes in weirdly profound ways, like this juxtaposition of Joan Didion and Taylor Swift:
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I started the blog in March of 2009, at the urging of one of my co-workers at the time. I was in a rut at work and feeling uninspired, and he suggested I start a Tumblr of literary quotes because he knew I had a bunch. I liked the idea but feared that quotes all by themselves could get boring. And then I scrolled through my Tumblr feed and saw a photo of Joan Holloway from Mad Men and something clicked: everyone would find book quotes way more engaging if their favorite TV characters are attached to them.
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