Prejudices

[David Casseres]

>In a message dated 12/3/96 6:55:46 PM, Casseres wrote:
>
><<Heidegger's works did not proceed directly from his assholity, but I feel 
>Paglia's do.>>
>
>I smell trouble. Your tongue better be firmly planted in your cheek. I like
>Paglia as a public figure more than I do as a feminist. She shakes the
>cobwebs off us crusty scholars. 

And you know, if she just didn't insist on being seen as a feminist, I 
might well agree.  Indeed, if it weren't for people who are so passionate 
about seeing her as the embodiment of what feminism OUGHT to be, and as a 
really important social critic and scholar, I would be a lot more 
tolerant of her mountebankery.

Cheers,
David