“Sexism has nothing to do with it”: Camille Paglia on Hillary Clinton, Gloria Steinem

Salon ^ | 2/11/2016 | Camille Paglia

[Fhios]

.... Steinem’s polished humanitarian mask had slipped, revealing the mummified fascist within. I’m sure that my delight was shared by other dissident feminists everywhere. Never before has the general public, here or abroad, more clearly seen the arrogance and amoral manipulativeness of the power elite who hijacked and stunted second-wave feminism ....

[Fhios]

Nice money shot. I'm back on the I love Paglia band wagon.

[Mr Apple]

.... Steinem's polished humanitarian mask had slipped, revealing the mummified fascist within.

Steinem doesn't know chit. She has one foot in the box already!

[ops33]

Hillary, Steinem and Albright. Three bitter old hags just made for a casting call in MacBeth.

[nuconvert]

Great quote

[Arm_Bears]

This beatdown of Hillary! is gonna leave a big mark.

Hope Camille has protection.

[kalee]

For later

[nuconvert]

This is classic Paglia - there are so many great lines

[originalbuckeye]

Ditto. Saying things other, more politically correct, Leftists won’t.......

[alloysteel]

Camille Paglia has perhaps the most acerbic wit of any lady commentator on the scene today.

But it is sort of like eating shark eggs. You don’t want to make a steady diet of that alone.

[Rummyfan]

... it should be obvious that Hillary has no natural instinct or facility for understanding and communicating with the public on the scale that the presidency demands. Sexism has nothing to do with it.

[SteveSCH]

We are seeing a revolt on both sides of the political spectrum... Right, Left, Conservative, Liberal... All Americans know something is rotten in our country... It seems it is the only think we can agree on.

[rusty schucklefurd]

Excellent commentary

[BigEdLB]

Hey! That Macbeth reference is mine... ;)

[samtheman]

This article is interesting to me for three reasons:

1. The content itself. It is well-argued and a clear indictment of the history of feminism and how it went *off the rails* as she says.

2. The fact that Salon published it. This is heresy against the Groupthink that Salon slavishly devotes itself to. How did this make it into Salon?

3. What was left out of the article: Hillarys pro-active support of Hubby-Bills history of raping women, and Hillarys accessory role in smearing Bills rape victims to shut them up.

[apocalypto]

for later

[rusty schucklefurd]

Had to look up a term Paglia used: lipstick lesbian. It means: a lesbian who favors a glamorous, traditionally feminine style.

I don’t think there is as many of these as the other kind.

[SteveSCH]

That’s just it - how can any so called feminist go along with the Clinton ride when we have women who claim sexual assault against Billy-boy?

[nuconvert]

“How did this make it into Salon?”

Paglia is pro Sanders

[ops33]

I thought it was actually Shakespeare’s but I’m willing to share it with you!!