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Christmas Hit's Double-Edged Fame
- Slade's Christmas hit brought lasting fame and financial security for the band.
- Despite being pigeonholed as a one-hit wonder, they had many other hits and enjoyed a resurgence thanks to Britpop bands.
Unpublished Beauvoir Novel Backstory
- Simone de Beauvoir's novel The Inseparables was unpublished for decades due to sensitivities around real-life inspirations.
- Sartre disapproved and Beauvoir feared offending friends, so the story was only released as memoirs later.
Queer Subtext in Beauvoir's Novel
- The intense friendship in The Inseparables contains queer, possibly homoerotic undertones.
- Understanding this adds depth to the story beyond a simple female friendship narrative.