The true mission of feminism today is not to carp about the woes of affluent Western career women but to turn the spotlight on life-and-death issues affecting women in the Third World, particularly in rural areas where they have little protection against exploitation and injustice.
Camille PagliaPromiscuity in men may cheapen love but sharpen thought. Promiscuity in women is illness, a leakage of identity.
Camille PagliaI am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes.
Camille PagliaThe last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again.
Camille PagliaThere's something retro about your persona. It's like the pre-World War II generation of reporters - those unpretentious, working-class guys who hung around saloons and used rough language. Now they've all been replaced with these effete Ivy League elitists who swarm over the current media. Nerds - utterly dull and insipid.
Camille Paglia