Camille Paglia

This week, Redsock manager/activist Bobby Valentine unleashed upon the Yankees the full fury of his Churchhillian powers of literary tonguesmanship, and we're still rubbing ointment onto the scald marks, trying to move forward.The fact is, when a razor-witted ESPN intellectual takes verbal aim, there isn't much you can do other than cower and wait for the next Captain Morgan commercial. Remember: Valentine was a member of that ESPN-Mensa, reality TV frat house, the ex-jocks turned social...Read Full Story

The implication is that a new pill, despite its unforeseen side effects, is necessary to cure the sexual malaise that appears to have sunk over the country. But to what extent do these complaints about sexual apathy reflect a medical reality, and how much do they actually emanate from the anxious, overachieving, white upper middle class? - Camille Paglia I would like to take this opportunity to give the creator of these words a big fat WTF!!! Camille Paglia, an Op-Ed Contributor for the...Read Full Story

By Mailonline Reporter Last updated at 2:00 PM on 14th September 2010 Leading American feminist author Camille Paglia accuses Lady GaGa of being an ‘asexual copycat’ who carefully scripts her every move Since leaping to fame two years ago, Lady Gaga has become one of the biggest popstars in the world with sell-out tours, No.1 songs and a league of fans. But after managing to outshock yet again with her raw meat dress at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, it looks like the honeymoon...Read Full Story

This article titled “Camille Paglia’s attack on Lady Gaga is way off the mark” was written by Alex Needham, for guardian.co.uk on Monday 13th September 2010 11.46 UTC Almost 20 years ago, Camille Paglia made her name with an essay in which, prompted by the video to Justify My Love, she declared Madonna the future of feminism. Yesterday Professor Paglia returned to the fray to give us her take on Lady Gaga (via the Sunday Times, so sadly the whole piece isn’t online but there’s an extended...Read Full Story

I was virtually speechless when I read Camille Paglia’s op-ed piece “No Sex Please, We’re Middle Class.” Paglia seems put off by a proposed new drug that might help women whose libido seems to be out of whack. She explains her doubts in a curious discussion of how she thinks the media’s oversexed messages, corporate boardroom conflicts between men and women, and distorted family life (one that puts women in the driver’s seat and men on the front lawn) all contribute to a middle-class case of...Read Full Story