Camille Paglia
Camille Paglia
Camille Anna Pagliais an American academic and social critic. Paglia has been a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1984. The New York Times has described her as "first and foremost an educator". Paglia is known for her critical views of many aspects of modern culture...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth2 April 1947
CountryUnited States of America
book reality tvs
Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human life.
persons
I am a very reclusive, private person.
class order waiting
I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes.
years juniors doe
Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?
media america impact
A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.
ambition problem no-problem
Younger women have no problem in reconciling beauty with ambitions as a professional woman.
stars psychics periods
We live in a period of declining stars. Few celebrities these days (aside from the smoldering Angelina Jolie) seem to have complex psychic lives.
men may
Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow.
roots rocks feminist
Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader.
home issues choices
Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.
treasure afghanistan afghan
Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
excess generations liberalism
My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses.
art eras materialism
In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.
boys heaven ballet
Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.