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Hot Literati Academy

A curriculum for becoming hot, cool, and well-read

This isn't just about reading books. It's about becoming the kind of person who lives richly, thinks deeply, and moves through the world with confidence and style.

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HOW IT WORKS

  1. Start with the Handbook  to learn the Hot Literati philosophy and why it matters.

  2. Move through the Guides at your own pace.

  3. Earn physical rewards after each phase <3​​​​

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PHASE 0: Your Introduction

​The Hot Literati Handbook

Your introduction to the lifestyle

You'll learn:

  • Why handwriting matters more than typing

  • How reading literature changes your actual life

  • The interdisciplinary approach to everything

  • How to choose depth over distraction

  • Why community and third places matter

Time: One week 

Outcome: You understand what it means to be hot, cool, and well-read—and you'll be ready to start your journey.

PHASE 1: HOT

Become Magnetic

Master confidence, presence, and sensuality. Learn to move through the world like you own it.​

How to Be Hotter

Confidence, presence, and sensuality

5 Modules:

  1. The Art of Flirting (with people and with life)

  2. Style as Self-Expression (developing your aesthetic)

  3. Sensuality & Embodiment (getting out of your head)

  4. Presence & Magnetism (how to command a room)

  5. Self-Care as Radical Act (real self-respect)​

Time investment: 5-7 hours across 5 modules 

Outcome: You feel confident, magnetic, embodied. People notice you've changed.

How to Be Sexier

Build erotic intelligence and confidence

5 Modules:

  1. Understanding desire

  2. Building erotic intelligence

  3. Confidence in intimacy, and more...​

Time investment: 5-7 hours across 5 modules Price: $45

Outcome: You're comfortable with desire. You're not apologizing for wanting things.

Complete Phase 1 and earn: Your Hot Literati Mug

PHASE 2: COOL

Become Discerning
Stop caring what everyone thinks. Develop taste. Master the art of selective attention.

How to Be Cooler

The art of not giving a fuck (selectively)

5 Modules: 

  1. Discernment vs. Caring About Everything

  2. The Art of Detachment (without becoming cold)

  3. Saying No Without Guilt

  4. Status Games & Opting Out

  5. Cultivating Mystery

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Time: 5-7 hours across 5 modules 
Outcome: You're less reactive, more selective. You've stopped performing for approval.

The Art of Taste

Developing discernment in everything

5 Modules:

  1. What Is Taste? (and why it matters)

  2. Developing Your Aesthetic

  3. Curation as Self-Definition

  4. Quality Over Quantity

  5. Becoming a Connoisseur of Your Own Life

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Time investment: 5-7 hours across 5 modules Price: $35

Outcome: You know what you like and why. You trust your aesthetic judgment.

Complete Phase 2 and earn: Your Hot Literati Poster

PHASE 3: WELL-READ

Become Intellectually Formidable
Think critically. Read deeply. Become someone worth talking to.

How to Think Better

Critical thinking and intellectual rigor

5 Modules:

 

  1. The Art of Argument (logic, rhetoric, fallacies)

  2. Reading Critically (analyzing, not just consuming)

  3. Interdisciplinary Thinking (connecting across fields)

  4. Intellectual Humility (knowing what you don't know)

  5. Building Your Intellectual Framework


Time: 5-7 hours across 5 modules
Outcome: You're intellectually formidable. You can hold your own in any conversation.

How to Talk About Books (And Ideas)

Conversational depth and social intelligence

5 Modules:

  1. The Art of Literary Conversation

  2. Hosting Salons & Dinner Parties

  3. Asking Questions That Create Depth

  4. Disagreeing Without Destroying

  5. Building Intellectual Community


Time: 5-7 hours across 5 modules 
Outcome: You're someone people want to talk to. Your conversations are legendary.
Complete Phase 3 and earn: Your Hot Literati Tote Bag

PHASE 4: INTEGRATION

Build Your Life
Take everything you've learned and design a life that reflects it.

Building Your Five-Year Plan

Design a life with substance and style

Modules on:

  • Long-term planning

  • Goal-setting with soul

  • Career and relationship design

  • Lifestyle architecture.

Time: 7-10 hours 

Outcome: You have a roadmap for a life that's hot, cool, and well-read.

Building Your Social Life

How to make real friends, host great gatherings, and stop being so lonely

5 Modules:

  1. Why You're Lonely (And How to Fix It)

  2. How to Make Friends as an Adult

  3. The Art of Hosting

  4. Building Your Circles

  5. Showing Up

Time: 5-7 hours across 5 modules

Outcome: You have real friends, recurring gatherings, and the social life you've been craving.

Reward: Complete this guide and earn your "Reading is Sexy" t-shirt

How it Works

As you progress through the journey, you earn physical rewards—proof that you're putting in the work.

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To claim your reward: Email hello@pulchritudemedia.com from the email address you used to purchase. Let us know which guide you completed and include your shipping address. We'll cross-check your email with our database to verify you've completed the guides that lead up to that reward, then send it within 2-3 weeks.

US shipping included. International? Email us—we'll work it out.

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The Rewards:

♡ Complete Phase 1 (HOT): After both "How to be Hotter" and "How to Be Sexier" → Hot Literati Mug

♡ Complete Phase 2 (COOL): After both "How to be Cool" and "The Art of Taste" → Hot Literati Poster

♡ Complete Phase 3 (WELL-READ): After both "How to Think Better" and "How to Talk About Books" → Hot Literati Tote Bag

♡ Complete Phase 4 (INTEGRATION): After both "Building Your Five Year Plan" and "Building Community" → "Reading is Sexy" T-Shirt

♡ Complete 5 Reading Companions: Surprise

♡ Complete 10 Reading Companions: Surprise

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Why Rewards?

Because growth should be celebrated. Because you're putting in real work. Because you deserve proof of your transformation.

Wear them, use them, show the world you're on a journey.

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