"A kind of anarchy to the young"? What a terrible analysis of the 80's and AIDS. Please, please Camille, just go back to the library and get another book, one that isn't turning you into a traitor of our time!
I don't agree with Paglia on many key issues, like technology and industrial civilization, which she adores and I strongly resent, but her open hostility towards the obscurantist tradition of French intellectualism and her unique, non-constructionist style of feminism are very refreshing, especially as they are coming from a woman academic working in the humanities.
it took me a while to warm to camille, but she has my unreserved admiration for emphasizing that contentious issues are complex, and can never be subsumed under any simplistic explanation, no matter how morally seductive it may be. i love camille, if for forcing us to discuss the matters we feel passionate about in an intelligent fashion. she forces us to think clearly and strategically, and to resort to art as a matter of survival. her writing , like watercress is crisp, fresh and astringent .
@theinkbrain When I first read about her I didn't like her, but when I began to shift from my own uber liberal solipsism, I found refuge with many of her ideas. I am reading Sexual Personae now, I don't understand alot of the flack feminists give her. She is a feminist through and through. I 'm just sorry that her sex-positive feminism is a total crock now, and the general public don't understand the complexity within sexuality, including media representation of porn. From Madonna to Britney.
Brava! ‘Sexual Personæ’ is a must read for anyone interested in western æsthetics. Her study of Wuthering Heights alone worth the effort, and now I cant read anything without, if not thinking “What would Camile say,” then at least reading with a desire to look deep into the text – deeper even than close reading. Though her polemics sometimes sound hyperliterate, imho she never obfuscates, and expresses her insights very clearly.
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oh you love someone who verbally at least CONDONES child rape?who writes in her boook taht women who act like sluts and get raped HAD IT COMING?this is in her BOOOKgee...i hope yOU are gang raped bitch.
Camille is BRILLIANT. What a breath of fresh air! Woman ARE the dominant sex! Every married male I know has to permission to do anything outside of work--and if the wife says no, then no it is! I have never seen this so-called oppression of woman.
nice post...in the tradition of camille's relentless intellectualism i feel called to point out that "personae" is pronounced [pər-ˈsō-nī], with the accent on the middle syllable.
i wish there was more camille on the web -- good to know there are others out there.
@meddlecascade i love my 'random rights' and my 'sinister sisters' (like camille,) and chaps who make rants into poems. poetry, intellectual literacy and non p.c feminism are three things our culture abominates. who wants to think about ambiguity and paradox if we can be bottle-fed instead!
being from the land of serendipity i love happy accidents, which is how i ran into you, and if you really did that stuff extemporaneously you are either a genius or you have a chip implanted in your brain.
Here's something I noticed about the difference between men and women watching this: what man would openly admit to a ten-year sexual drought, let alone on national TV.
"A kind of anarchy to the young"? What a terrible analysis of the 80's and AIDS. Please, please Camille, just go back to the library and get another book, one that isn't turning you into a traitor of our time!
AAwildeone 2 months ago
This is not the best Camille interview.
daodon11 2 months ago
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daodon11 2 months ago
I don't agree with Paglia on many key issues, like technology and industrial civilization, which she adores and I strongly resent, but her open hostility towards the obscurantist tradition of French intellectualism and her unique, non-constructionist style of feminism are very refreshing, especially as they are coming from a woman academic working in the humanities.
wotzilla 1 year ago
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MsRosa88 1 year ago
I love that crazy little wop
ActaNonVerba71 1 year ago 2
Paglia......, biologically a woman, but the antithesis of a woman.
There are times when trying to be, in equal if not greater breath, thinking you are so smart, is altogether unattractive.
One of a woman's most extraordinary assets that is to die for as it were is her smile, her laughter, her beguiling nature.
Hey toots...., relax, take it easy, take a happy pill, please.
equinoxranch 1 year ago
it took me a while to warm to camille, but she has my unreserved admiration for emphasizing that contentious issues are complex, and can never be subsumed under any simplistic explanation, no matter how morally seductive it may be. i love camille, if for forcing us to discuss the matters we feel passionate about in an intelligent fashion. she forces us to think clearly and strategically, and to resort to art as a matter of survival. her writing , like watercress is crisp, fresh and astringent .
theinkbrain 2 years ago
@theinkbrain When I first read about her I didn't like her, but when I began to shift from my own uber liberal solipsism, I found refuge with many of her ideas. I am reading Sexual Personae now, I don't understand alot of the flack feminists give her. She is a feminist through and through. I 'm just sorry that her sex-positive feminism is a total crock now, and the general public don't understand the complexity within sexuality, including media representation of porn. From Madonna to Britney.
MiaoPurrington 1 year ago
@MiaoPurrington
Brava! ‘Sexual Personæ’ is a must read for anyone interested in western æsthetics. Her study of Wuthering Heights alone worth the effort, and now I cant read anything without, if not thinking “What would Camile say,” then at least reading with a desire to look deep into the text – deeper even than close reading. Though her polemics sometimes sound hyperliterate, imho she never obfuscates, and expresses her insights very clearly.
She always makes me think!
cheers.
theinkbrain 1 year ago
Tom Snyder talking about human sexuality,priceless.
tomthefunky 2 years ago 4
she supports NAMBLA...
CTHULUgreatoldone 2 years ago
i love camille!
ashken79 3 years ago 2
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oh you love someone who verbally at least CONDONES child rape?who writes in her boook taht women who act like sluts and get raped HAD IT COMING?this is in her BOOOKgee...i hope yOU are gang raped bitch.
CTHULUgreatoldone 3 years ago
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MiaoPurrington 1 year ago
Camille is BRILLIANT. What a breath of fresh air! Woman ARE the dominant sex! Every married male I know has to permission to do anything outside of work--and if the wife says no, then no it is! I have never seen this so-called oppression of woman.
Noodleydoo 3 years ago 11
nice post...in the tradition of camille's relentless intellectualism i feel called to point out that "personae" is pronounced [pər-ˈsō-nī], with the accent on the middle syllable.
i wish there was more camille on the web -- good to know there are others out there.
meddlecascade 3 years ago 3
@meddlecascade i love my 'random rights' and my 'sinister sisters' (like camille,) and chaps who make rants into poems. poetry, intellectual literacy and non p.c feminism are three things our culture abominates. who wants to think about ambiguity and paradox if we can be bottle-fed instead!
being from the land of serendipity i love happy accidents, which is how i ran into you, and if you really did that stuff extemporaneously you are either a genius or you have a chip implanted in your brain.
theinkbrain 1 year ago
she is absolutely brilliant...easy to fall in love with. i'd love to be in her class.
dybbuk4640 4 years ago 13
Here's something I noticed about the difference between men and women watching this: what man would openly admit to a ten-year sexual drought, let alone on national TV.
I once went four years.
wayne763 4 years ago 4
thanks for posting this!
nishmat 4 years ago 7