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There are no female geniuses because there are no female Jack-the-Rippers.

Camille Paglia

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