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
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.
love essence seduction
Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
hands civilization female
If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts.
men envy earth
Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy.
beauty nature giving
Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.