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Marxism catching strays in the intro of a random art history book (hexbear.net)
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Bonus nonsense:

Revenge of the Sith glazing

Glittering Images by Camille Paglia

I stopped reading after this horrendous introduction. I would describe the prose as Redditor adjacent. The author identifies as a civil rights era liberal and atheist, while condemning black art and Piss Christ. There were some pretty pictures in the book tho. I don't know who this author lady is/was but she sucks. 2/10

E: if you look this lady up, as many in the comments have done already, turns out she's a racist, transphobic pedophile. classic anticommunist

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[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 39 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Paglia#Child_sexuality yikes, that is not a subheader you ever want to see on a wikipedia page

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 44 points 3 days ago

lmao holy christ. usually you only see this kind of blatant support for CSA on 4chan.

"I have repeatedly protested the lynch-mob hysteria that dogs the issue of man-boy love. In Sexual Personae, I argued that male pedophilia is intricately intertwined with the cardinal moments of Western civilization."

"actually child abuse is the lynchpin of western civilization!"

freeman-true but imagine thinking that's a good thing, my god

[–] Sasuke@hexbear.net 35 points 3 days ago

Paglia jokingly commented in an interview in 1992: "In the case of Sinéad O'Connor, child abuse was justified". This was her response to the singer's action on Saturday Night Live, where she tore up a picture of the pope in protest of the unfolding child sexual abuse scandal surrounding the Catholic Church

what-the-hell

In 1993, Paglia signed a manifesto supporting NAMBLA, a pederasty and pedophilia advocacy organization.

what-the-hell

In 1994, Paglia supported lowering the legal age of consent to 14. She noted in a 1995 interview with pro-pedophile activist Bill Andriette, "I fail to see what is wrong with erotic fondling with any age."

what-the-hell

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In 1993, Paglia signed a manifesto supporting NAMBLA

Lmfao how did anyone let this person near a pen. Let alone actually be published or listened to at all...

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

cw pedo shit

In 1994, Paglia supported lowering the legal age of consent to 14. She noted in a 1995 interview with pro-pedophile activist Bill Andriette, "I fail to see what is wrong with erotic fondling with any age."

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