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Out with stereotypes, feminism proclaims. But stereotypes are the west's stunning sexual personae, the vehicles of art's assault against nature. The moment there is imagination, there is myth.
Camille Paglia
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Camille Paglia
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 2
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Camille Anna Paglia
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