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Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action its violations are a protest against the violations of our freedom by nature.

Camille Paglia

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Camille Paglia
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 2
Art Historian
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Endicott
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Camille Anna Paglia
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