DVD Report: This week's new releases (Nov. 15) Nov 15, 2009
A Camille Paglia observation here, a Ted Turner sound bite there, and it s over. Better to check out historian Rudy Behlmer s scripted audio commentary, a reminiscence segment with Olivia de Havilland, or the hourlong documentary 1939: Hollywood s Greatest Year. (Boston Globe)
If we leave Iraq, do we lose for good? Nov 1, 2009
Camille Paglia - Salon ... I nearly sampled Camille Paglia on this album, but she never returned my calls ... Camille Paglia's column appears on the second Wednesday of each month. (Salon)
* The Taiwanese connection Oct 15, 2009
The 1992 work Female Behavior chronicles the lives of four bad girls, including American feminist writer Camille Paglia. With 1999s Gendernauts, Treut examines the lives of a group of San Francisco transsexuals relegated to the margins of society. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
How "ice-nine" caused the credit crunch Sep 10, 2009
(576) By Camille Paglia. (153) By Alex Koppelman. (Salon)
Making history. Or not. Sep 8, 2009
Hundreds of cool contributors, such as Camille Paglia, Sarah Vowell, Walter Mosley, and Howell Raines. And they re not scared to tackle the big questions. (Boston Globe)
Richard Poirier; literary critic and writer who founded Library of America Aug 22, 2009
Writers published in Raritan include poets John Ashbery and Richard Howard, the Palestinian American writer Edward Said, critic Harold Bloom, and feminist writer Camille Paglia. Wide-ranging and prolific, Dr. Poirier was a critic and man of letters in the tradition of Edmund Wilson, Lionel Trilling, and Alfred Kazin. (Boston Globe)
LETTER: Look at a list of what Palin doesn't have Aug 18, 2009
- ACT UP: "In December 1989, approximately 4,500 protesters arrived at St. Patrick's Cathedral during Mass in a demonstration directed toward the Roman Catholic Archdiocese's public stand against AIDS education and condom distribution, as well as its opposition to abortion. One-hundred and eleven protesters were arrested. Camille Paglia wrote in a December 2008 Salon column that a consecrated Host was desecrated by a protester, an act considered by Catholics to be blasphemous and an outrage.".... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Who's Un-American? Aug 12, 2009
"And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the "mob" -- a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s, I thought the Democratic party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech." Camille Paglia. Salon. (Townhall.com)
The "death panels" are already here (236) Aug 12, 2009
The ones I have written say "oh, we're now planning this other meeting to talk about it. blah, blah, blah. The time for talk is OVER! And no media outlet is going to see a stupid meeting. WE NEED TO BE MARCHING IN THE FUCKING STREETS! Not just meeting with each other or writing posts to echo chamber websites pretending that our stupids posts or just complaining to each other is doing anything for real. God Damn, people are dying here! And the Republicans are winning in this area by organizing... (Salon)
The dong show: Top 10 moments in male full-frontal (87) Jul 11, 2009
Letters: The dong show: Top 10 moments in male full-frontal - Salon. Saturday, Jul 11, 2009. (Salon)
Palin Juggles Two Parties Jul 11, 2009
But these are the critics Camille Paglia describes as working from the "plush pampered commodes of received opinion.". . (Townhall.com)
Google vs. Microsoft: Haven't we seen this movie? Jul 10, 2009
" Andrew Leonard The drum roll begins for another round of government spending. But a Congress terrified of deficits won't budge Monday, Jul 6, 2009 21:07 EDT The Golden State's budget crisis can't be that terrible if people are interested in buying its IOUs. Right? Monday, Jul 6, 2009 18:45 EDT Lockheed Martin got $20 billion from the U.S. government in 2009. Want a list of invoices? Go to USAspending.gov Thursday, Jul 2, 2009 23:03 EDT Simon Johnson reads the entrails and says Larry Summers is... (Salon)
CAMILLE PAGLIA Jul 5, 2009
His Cairo speech was good -- but good enough. The assassination jokes and "liberal" conspiracy theories on talk radio could be an ominous sign of things to come. (The Drudge Report)
Opinion: Date rape a complex issue May 18, 2009
It has been almost two decades since dissident feminist Camille Paglia, currently a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, published the highly controversial article "Rape and Modern Sex War," saying women should be aware of sex, and how high risk behavior can lead to rape and the failings of the modern feminist movement ... For daring to point this out, Camille Paglia was exiled and attacked by mainstream feminists. (Ohio State University -- The Lantern, OH)
Lessons from the Match King May 14, 2009
" ...Where is the outrage and the letters from Senator Boxer and Congressman Waxman decrying the Friday afternoon release, calling for investigations and alleging manipulation of the science and the law? Where are the press releases and lawsuits from the environmental groups? Where are the two people who dressed up as polar bears and crashed Sen. Kempthorne's press conference? Where are the breathless and indignant above-the-fold, page one newspaper stories? And the cute photos of the polar... (Salon)
Dick Cheney's favorite Republican May 13, 2009
In her , Camille Paglia writes, "Press secretary Robert Gibbs should have been fired for the simpering, shrugging way he dismissed queries about this outrageous and terrifying event." Read. And watch the press briefing below. (Salon)
Did the White House just declare climate change war on itself? May 13, 2009
" But after Krugman and Stiglitz made their now-familiar case for nationalizing the banks and forcing other dramatic changes, Obama gave no indication he was changing his policies, Blinder added. Andrew Leonard The president vows to remove restrictions that make it difficult for the newly unemployed to seek job training and education. Friday, May 8, 2009 19:19 EDT How do you find a silver lining in the news that the economy lost more than half a million jobs for the sixth straight month? It's... (Salon)
Obama Bows To No One, Unless You're a Saudi King Apr 12, 2009
But an American bow to Saudi Arabia is more than "unbecoming," as Clarice Feldman wrote at The American Thinker, more than "a simple but costly breakdown in basic command of protocol," as Camille Paglia wrote at Slate, more than "baseness," as Richard Brookhiser wrote at The Corner, and more than "the kind of rookie mistake you get from a president who was a state senator five years ago," as Michael Goldfarb wrote at the Weekly Standard blog. It was calumny on a historic level. (Townhall.com)
CODEPINK rages against the Larry Summers machine Apr 10, 2009
How the World Works - Salon. Site Presented By Friday, Apr 10, 2009. (Salon)
College Student Alert: Beware of One-Party Classrooms Apr 9, 2009
Also blacklisted are those who criticize feminism, such as Christina Hoff Sommers, Carolyn Graglia, Daphne Patai and Camille Paglia. The cultural Marxists have been teaching college students long enough to deceive two generations. (Human Events Online)
Big plans from the federal electricity man Apr 9, 2009
(445) By Camille Paglia. (270) By Glenn Greenwald. (Salon)
PAGLIA: Obama's painful missteps; Bowing to king of Saudi Arabia?!? Apr 8, 2009
Site Presented By Wednesday, Apr 8, 2009. Bow-ow-ow: Obama's painful missteps. (The Drudge Report)
Bateman: Bears destroy the economy, a music video Apr 8, 2009
Camille Paglia writes more about Obama's "gaffes" in her current column. Read more here. (Salon)
Why is Jim Cramer shouting at me? (172) Mar 12, 2009
Letters: Why is Jim Cramer shouting at me. Thursday, Mar 12, 2009. (Salon)
The silliest Republican economic proposal yet Mar 11, 2009
" Friday, Mar 6, 2009 02:26 EST The Dow drops 4 percent, closing at another 12-year low. And with good reason, too. Thursday, Mar 5, 2009 23:09 EST The island nation should have stuck to fish, and Wall Street should have checked its math. Some reading suggestions. Thursday, Mar 5, 2009 19:21 EST Indispensable blogs Reading list by Steve Coll by Jeffry A. Frieden by Simon Schama by Leslie T. Chang by Ron Chernow Most Popular Salon Stories By Camille Paglia By Gary Kamiya By Tom Tomorrow By... (Salon)
Barbie turns 50: An open letter to the icon Mar 9, 2009
She says Mattel is offering girls "scantily clad, toy-acquiring, self absorbed, empty-headed plastic dolls as role models, and leading girls to fall into that same vain, glamorous, over-sexed anorexic pit." Feminist writer Camille Paglia adds in "Pornographically Android Barbie" for Salon. com that you "prefigured the destabilization of sexual identity that would lead, among other things, to an epidemic of anorexia and bulimia among white middle-class girls ... ". (KHOU.com, TX)
Two Critical Views of Women and Art Feb 15, 2009
Some twenty years later, Camille Paglia proposes what she ironically and humorously calls "The New Sexism", a battle cry to free art from the sexless and bitter confines of 1970s vintage feminism ... otherwise Camille Paglia has arguably done more for women (and art) than many other so-called feminists. (Suite101.com)
Washington dishonesty Feb 12, 2009
On that theme Camille Paglia today has a couple of riffs condemning the resurgence of the Orwellian Fariness Doctrine. Democrats have become arrogant elitists, speaking down in snide, condescending tones toward tradition-minded middle Americans whom they stereotype as rubes and buffoons. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Sen. Harkin: 'We need the Fairness Doctrine back'... Feb 12, 2009
Read yesterday and today's column by Camille Paglia (Salon. com) for her incisive analysis of this ridiculous attempt to stiffle opposing views. (The Drudge Report)
Obama's confidence-building stimulus deal Feb 12, 2009
(213) By Camille Paglia. (119) by Peter Wensierski and Steffen Winter. (Salon)
"Enormously difficult" Feb 11, 2009
" But there is some evidence that there's a limit to what Norquist's own fellow travelers are willing to stomach. Ramesh Ponnuru, author of "The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life," wrote: This interpretation of the economy strikes me as highly implausible. Of course it does. And of course Norquist knows it is implausible, and ridiculous. All's fair in love and pro-tax-cut propaganda. The scary thing is that Norquist is an influential figure in... (Salon)
