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1/ #CamillePaglia is amazing, and so relevant today: "My dissertation at Yale was on androgyny...I explored it in history and realized that the movement towards androgyny occurs in late phases of culture, as a civilization is starting to unravel."https://youtu.be/4y3-KIesYRE
2/ "People who live in such times feel that they're very sophisticated, cosmopolitan. But from the perspective of historical distance you can see it's a culture that no longer believes in itself...you see the barbarians begin to mass on the outside of the culture."
3/ "A sex change operation opens one door, and closes many others...the transgender definition has become a convenient label for young people who may simply feel alienated for other reasons...in the 1950s they might have become a beatnik, in the 60s a hippie"
4/ "The entire function of the universities, instead of intellectual inquiry, it's turned into a branch of social engineering"
That was from < 10min of an 80min talk. What a badass! She was I.D.W. decades before there was an I.D.W. #ProCivilization
I’ve watched this talk so many times now. Kudos to @Fox_Claire too, for steering such a great conversation.
Cheers Sarah
It was a great interview, kudos to you as well!
It really was Claire. I didn't even know people like this existed. It was a pleasant surprise.
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Dissertation or no, I don't think androgyny means what she thinks it means. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Bem Any correlation between less binary gender constructions and "unraveling" civilizations is tenuous at best.
I can’t get through one family gathering without hearing Camille say. “There’s a wooomans wold & a maaaaans!” Love it
I love Camille Paglia.
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