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[transubsituated]

For the first time, I actually got into all the classes I pre-registered for. Sweet.

And I'm getting sick again, why and how? Hopefully I can get over it over the break.

I'm re-reading parts of Camille Paglia's Sex, Art, and American Culture, for some reason. She's terrible, really. I've struggled with her a lot. Well--I respect her injecting

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But what she really does is just trash other people's intellect and, basically, complain in a readable style while purporting to say something about where art and sexuality need to go.

Exactly. Paglia is problematic for numerous reasons. Which is not to say that she's not interesting to read; or, on the flipside, that she doesn't often invoke a kind of inflammatory reading of her own 'criticism'.

[transubsituated]

Problematic is the word to describe Paglia. I had a professor who posited that she is bipolar. And she's definitely interesting; there is some reason why I return to her writing again and again, only to be infuriated. I think her invocation of aggression is interesting--she is always so so proud of her fights. Reading her thoughts on art, to me, is much more pleasant (though still plenty problematic) than reading her thoughts on culture. But then the two are entwined, so...

[transubsituated]

Oh, and in the gender_theory community I think you referred to remarks by Paglia on Dworkin. Has she written anything / where can I find her remarks? I can guess what she says of course, but still.

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I think there's a chaptter in Vamps and Tramps specifically where she goes off on Dworkin.

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* that would be CHAPTER obviously. I'm still on my first cup of coffee.

[transubsituated]

augh lack of caffeine haze. Maybe it was the chapter where she walks around with a drag queen / interviews? I don't remember and I left my copy of Vamps and Tramps at home, I'll definitely check. The whole porn thing = interesting, queer sex, intercourse, alignment = important.