Sully's Side contains musings about anything that strikes my fancy. It includes family history as I prefer to remember it, more or less true gardening and nature stuff, recipes not meant for the timid or health conscious, contentious book reviews, observations about events in Collegeville, PA and environs, and half-baked opinions about national events and politics. I write in the spirit of Humpty Dumpty. 'When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Always delightful, always maddening
Camille Paglia is one of the best writers out there. No matter what your politics are she's almost certain to outrage you at least a few times every column.
Thank you so much for introducing me to Camille Paglia.
I was wondering why it was that her feminist position seemed so reasonable to me, particularly because I was under the impression that Salon was for liberals. Then she mentioned that she is a libertarian feminist. I was quite tickled. Do we agree on everything? No. But I could imagine any disagreements that we would have would be far more civil and rational than disagreements I have had with liberal feminists. I quite unfortunately know of no feminists on the right...for now. I suspect Sarah Palin may cause them to step out of the shadows and into the light.
If you like Paglia you should also consider Florence King. Where Paglia is an academic, King is more of a cranky curmugeon. She's much older than Paglia. She was retired for a while after writing a regular column for National Review for many years. Recently she's been back, writing a column called The Bent Pin - they may be available via the author archives on nationalreview.com. If not, her books of collected columns are great for short sharp pieces. I keep meaning to get her book Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady - which is what brought her to national attention.
Thank you so much for introducing me to Camille Paglia.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering why it was that her feminist position seemed so reasonable to me, particularly because I was under the impression that Salon was for liberals. Then she mentioned that she is a libertarian feminist. I was quite tickled. Do we agree on everything? No. But I could imagine any disagreements that we would have would be far more civil and rational than disagreements I have had with liberal feminists. I quite unfortunately know of no feminists on the right...for now. I suspect Sarah Palin may cause them to step out of the shadows and into the light.
Thanks again!!!
BTW that last posting was by me.
ReplyDeleteSee what happens when I get excited. I literally forget myself.
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If you like Paglia you should also consider Florence King. Where Paglia is an academic, King is more of a cranky curmugeon. She's much older than Paglia. She was retired for a while after writing a regular column for National Review for many years. Recently she's been back, writing a column called The Bent Pin - they may be available via the author archives on nationalreview.com. If not, her books of collected columns are great for short sharp pieces. I keep meaning to get her book Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady - which is what brought her to national attention.
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