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The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.

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Camille Paglia
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 2
Art Historian
Essayist
Film Critic
Journalist
Literary Critic
Professor
Teacher
Writer
Endicott
New York
Camille Anna Paglia
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Terror
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