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Wednesday, May 7. 2014

A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues


Camille Paglia is my favorite Lefty, feminist lesbian. A quote from Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues - The cultural critic on why ignoring the biological differences between men and women risks undermining Western civilization.




Ms. Paglia relishes her outsider persona, having previously described herself as an egomaniac and "abrasive, strident and obnoxious." Talking to her is like a mental CrossFit workout. One moment she's praising pop star Rihanna ("a true artist"), then blasting ObamaCare ("a monstrosity," though she voted for the president), global warming ("a religious dogma"), and the idea that all gay people are born gay ("the biggest canard," yet she herself is a lesbian).


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She is an independent spirit, ain't she?
#1 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2013-12-29 12:38 (Reply)
Vicki Hearne is a lefty who always finds herself writing on the right.

Adam's Task
Bandit: A Dossier of a Dangerous Dog (ignore modern idiot cover blurb on this - Hearne takes no prisoners)
Animal Happiness

She's also the rare example of a woman worth reading.
#2 rhhardin (Link) on 2014-05-07 12:01 (Reply)
Several years ago, when I was at Harvard, I went to hear Camille Paglia speak. Thought it might be interesting. It turns out that she is neither a lefty, a feminist, nor a lesbian in the least.

What she is, is bipolar - she was clearly in need of medication. So manic she could barely take a breath between incoherent sentences.

A disappointment and a waste of time.
#3 JM01 on 2014-05-07 19:46 (Reply)
Loved "Adams Task". Here is another lefty lesbian thought MF might like to become acquainted with:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Butler

This gal has a mind like a razor's edge.
#4 faculty wife on 2014-05-07 23:41 (Reply)
I also enjoy reading Camille Paglia. Always makes me think and consider alternate viewpoints.

She always reminds of that line from "The Pilgrim" by Kris Kristofferson - "He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction"
#5 altered states on 2014-05-08 12:56 (Reply)

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