Came across your channel this morning, watching the video on “the muse” and I was already interested. But now based on this, I’m in love. Her intellect was so different from anything else I had come across , and listening to her talk can be dizzying if you’re not present on your toes. This was not a fast read for me.
I found her book in a used bookstore when I was 19 back in 2002. I pushed myself through that book and I think it took me 8 months to read. I had to go back to the library almost everyday with lists of things I had to look up because this one book was truly the most thorough survey of art and western culture. I am grateful for that education.
She is one of my favorite "provocateurs". Really someone with a lot of substance and nuance, an underrated intellectual figure of our time. Thank you for creating this!
It's all from Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, as justified, in spite of historical inaccuracies, by his essay The Use and Abuse of History for Life. It is meant to inspire flourishing spiritedness more than be perfectly accurate. It is a wonderful read.
unrelated but youre the reason why i read books in bed while just wearing perfume it makes it enjoyable idk when was the last time i read with this positive mood and i genuinely do grasp every point i read because i surprised myself when i mentioned something in the book in a convo, thank you
I relate to this heavy. Ive never wanted to work a job, it makes me miserable. I just want to make music and art and live my life on my terms in my own weird unconventional way. I'll def read this book! TY for sharing
I've been watching your videos a lot and I'm a big supporter of you and your channel. I totally understand your love for this book based on its notions of how we live through art and how it defines what that might mean. However, an important part Paglia’s thesis advocates for “man-boy” relationships, because this woman was an incredibly well-known radical pro-pedophilia activist in the late 90s-her stance was first published in this book. She writes that she believes we shouldn’t put limitations on the kind of art we produce, including child pornography, and blames Christian moralism for such limitations. She backs her claim by citing how sexual relations with children in Ancient Greece were “venerated,” and so she doesn’t understand why they still aren’t. We shouldn’t highlight the good parts of her argument to ignore a large part of what Sexual Personae was written for. These are the inseparable facts that readers should be aware of.
I just got this book! I don’t remember if I’ve seen the recommendation in your video or in the recent one of Contrapoints but I knew it’s worth orderingg not quite sure what to expect still but I’m excited to read it!!
Now I want to read this book! If you have any other recommendations for books on the topics of aestheticism please share! I wonder about your thoughts on Eastern philosophy to inform and influence Western aesthetics. Mindfulness seems to be very fitting with this lifestyle which in practice is about being conscious with how you live your life and how it makes you feel (artfully). Japanese aesthetics such as wabi-sabi embracing perfect imperfections which bring wholeness and balance; beauty that manifests in unconventional ways.
I was trying to find a copy with a better cover, then I got to the end of your video and thought tearing the cover off this book seemed well-suited and like a work of art in itself :)
I was going to get the book for the cover alone, and then you said you ripped off the original cover 😂 I want to do this to the cover of my life and unvail the one I want to see. I want to speak a new language. You are brilliant. SOLD XO Thank you so much ❤
Once you read Camille your life is not the same...I speak from my own experience...so welcome to Camille's world. You must read "Vamps and Tramps" and "Free Women, Free Men" or even better, buy the audio version of the latter, it's read by Camille herself ❤❤❤ I also wrote to Camille years ago and she never replies because she is extremely busy with her researching projects, so her assistant is the person who manages her email account but anyway... I think you definitively should go to Philadelphia University of Arts and attend to one of her classes. I think she would be delighted to meet you. I would do that if I could but unfortunately I live outside the US. Anyway...great video review of one of the most important books in the history of the arts. I love your channel, already subscribed.
Perhaps it is my time in asia, but the constant battle between the earth and the heavens feels so odd as a concept. I am familiar of course, but my personal views feel more taoist than gnostic. And this framework of thought feels very gnostic. I have not read the book yet though.
Ngl most of her popular talks are questionable. It is nice to hear someone be vocal about their love for a book but I hope you don't take in everything the author says without question. Absorbing some of her beliefs through her writing would be bad.
Finding your channel a week ago changed me forever!!! I am making my life more beautiful in all aspects and it feels so much better. Ugliness is so draining. Thank you
I would love love a video on the fear of being seen and how to overcome it (as someone who struggles with social anxiety its a bane of my existence) ❤ PS - I have watched your videos for a while but just started to comment. I have a hard time putting into words just how you are the kind of youtuber/ creator I have always looked for, and how much your life philosophy inspires me. How seen I feel by your commentary, your desire for beauty and feeling like an outcast. I especially love how you eloquently and efficiently describe things, and your observation on life and eye for details❤️
YEEES when i was 19 i spent the entire summer reading and annotating Sexual Personae, i was totally rapt with it. the sheer volume of knowledge about art history, literature, psychology, sociology, philosophy, religion and myth i learned from that book is absolutely unparalleled by anything else. Camille is truly my patron saint 👼 bet u listen to Red Scare ;) subbing bc i love u ! ❤
This thesis on the Apollonian & Dyonisian is fundamentally Nietzsche’s ideas, first.. he got it from the ancient Greeks. Only, he wouldn’t regard art as escape from nature, but the highest fulfillment of nature. It’s best and strongest phase is for life & power, against degeneration and decline. As one says beauty is truth, Nietzsche replaces “truth” with “life & strength & power”. See Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy.
I love the Better than Food channel too! I'm guessing this is the channel you mentioned. Thank you for your recommendation on this book! I know it's not your main thing, but I love hearing you talk about the books that influenced you! It's always powerful. I'm looking forward to reading this book--adding it to my list!
i think she might have something of substance to say on art and sexuality given her background and research, i have disagreed with all three of her talks i watched on youtube, so my exposure to her has been limited and negative, but I think this book can be of value if you care for the topics
@@codysmith3853fearing the awareness of someone else’s opinions is similar to being in a religion that forbids the viewing of rated r movies. Don’t fear the unknown and don’t fear your beliefs being challenged.
I wish I could find one to date. I really struggle to relate with regular women and I know very few intellectual ones who weren't just brainwashed by some shitty college.
@@gothmommyasmr Are you alright? This kind of aggression in a youtube comment is kind of strange to me like you felt a clear need to assert yourself. it smells of trauma like maybe you've had people putting you down in the past or something of the sort. Maybe you thought I was hitting on you now that I had a chance to read over your name idk, but I wasn't. People shame you for being who you are, yes? especially shamed by men. I'm sorry if that was the case.
I read Sexual Personae in 1993 when I was 23 and it blew my mind and inspired a continued love and appreciation for art and beauty. Camille is inimitable. I have not found anyone else who possesses the ability to distill ideas on art with such depth, nuance and confidence. I’m so glad to have found your channel- I’m working my way through your video catalogue and it’s quite the journey! ❤❤❤
Blessed and incredibly grateful that you have chosen to platform your journey so publicly 🖤 I adore this channel, it’s one of the best tools for self discovery, blossoming, learning. You are so eloquent and I especially love seeing how passionate you are about these subjects. This video in particular is one of my new favourites because of how raw and honest it is. Thank you for all you do, I for one am here to continue growing with you 🤍
Camille Paglia is a bonafide genius. There are many fascinating clips of her on UA-cam from her prime, and even later. Unfortunately she’s been MIA the past five years or so which leads me to believe she’s ill.
This is the third video of yours I have watched. I’m an astrologer. My guess is that your Moon lies in something called the Citra Nakshatra which is one of 27 mansions that the Moon moves through in any month of time. This is Vedic astrology as opposed to Western astrology. Citra stands for true beauty and the symbol for it is a gemstone. The 5 senses that we have, touch, taste, sight, hearing and smell are all heightened in this Nakshatra for the sake of being able to create and appreciate the substance of things and people. You must have the capacity to perceive beneath the surface of things (in other words interpret subtleties in the tastes of food or the symbols of stories or the true character of people or elegance vs. fads - you get the idea), and actually witness, understand or KNOW the essence of the thing you are perceiving with those 5 senses. If you don’t have heightened senses, you cannot get to that place of perception. It’s like having a dull knife and trying to get to the center of an enormous roast to perceive if it is fully cooked or not. A gem is multilayered and shines brilliantly because of its complexity and cuts. You are able to take the insights from one book and apply it in multilayered ways that stimulate all of your senses which helps you interact with your world. Clarity, honesty, fidelity to the substance of the matter of things shine through the PERSON and wind up being expressed as true beauty. This is what beauty is. The essence of someone coming to the surface of their being! You sparkle and dazzle when you share your passions. Love it.
Love the background music and your analysis. I'm not sure if I've read this, but I have read some of her other works. I'm not sure if Art ever escapes nature, but maybe I'm biased as an artist. Nature is the most beautifully profound thing this reality has to offer. Art only mimics or holds it hostage but can never truly express its essence, rather only aspects.
She's very brave and creative. Good thinker. Intolerable speaker, impossible to listen to! Like she thinks too fast for her mouth and never had the discipline to apportion the thought to the mouth's metre.
Thank you for the recommendation. My to read list didn’t really need to be any longer, but I appreciate it all the same 😅 this book sounds right up my alley.
Enjoying this so much. I read it many years ago but it’s much better remembering through your eyes. And maybe even realizing that parts of my life have had a foundation in her thoughts.
In an older video you recommended The Sacred Prostitute. I read it and it literally changed the trajectory of my life! I surrendered my sexuality as a tool for power, and have dedicated it to the goddess of love
Men are driven by hormones and instincts too. Not only women. Both sexes can act irrational and rational. The model of the psyche by Sigmund Freud: Über-Ich(rational part of the ego), Ich, und Es(irrational, instinct driven part of the ego). That is what I would call it. I would not use the words female for the irrational and male for the rational part.
The proper words should probably be “feminine and masculine”, instead of men and women, but the point still stands. Camille has written about this extensively. Both men and women are indeed products of irrational nature, but masculinity is characteristically anti-nature in its expression. Men are driven to subjugate his external environment, but once civilisation is established, the ideal man must subjugate himself, suppressing and regulating his hormonal instincts and becoming a product of unnatural rationality. Obviously this means that being a “real man” is something artificial, fragile even, and must be vigilantly maintained. Equating femininity with irrationality is not to say that women are unthinking beings, but that her status as a woman and her feminine qualities are the products of irrational nature. Even if she never becomes a mother, a woman must still endure all the bodily stresses that irrational nature still forces upon her. She never has to prove her status as a “real woman”, but the survival of the species requires a mother to embrace irrationality and love the very child which causes her even more bodily suffering.
Thank you so much for making this video! I discovered Camille in mid-August 2022, and since then I have been constantly looking for videos of her interviews or speeches, as well as some of her books and online articles. But in the end, like you said, it is always Sexual Personae, like the purest measuring stick, reminding me to identify beauty and maintain an active and diverse sanity to fight against the obstacles in reality. Everlasting love to Camille Paglia💗!
I know this is an older video but I just checked out her book from the library thanks to your recommendation! I'm just about to start it now ❤️ and I think you should send her an email and just let her know how much her work means to you and how brilliant you believe it is! I really think it would mean a lot to her too to know how influential it was for you. A lot of times we assume artists and writers know how much their work means and how good it is. But a lot of times they don't! Everyone just assumes they know how good it is and so don't tell them. Besides you never know you guys could end up being friends or she could end up being your mentor or something. Either way I really do think you should let her know through my email or whatever if you haven't yet!
Congratulations for the choice. I LOVE CP !!! Sexual persona is in my top 10 list of all time. Do you believe in Brazil there was only one edition??? Because the feminist movement complained about the book so heavely... the publishing company suspended the distribution.
Ordered last week with my favourite book shop, picking up today! Also, as per your recommendation I have been reading poetry first thing in the morning. At the moment oscillating between Lord Byron and Leonard Cohen. You are helping me lay out the entire path and meaning of my life, I’ve moved from an abstract understanding that beauty is the center of my life, to a cultivated dedicated practice. ILYSM ♥️
I love the idea of two different cults - i think the word ist perfectly fitting. Because I am studying my Master in Art & Science in Vienna I wonder were science is placed in between. It is also an abstraction to find a truth in the World but can it be put into the field of aesthetic? And isnt science constructive not destructive?
I'm 44, I have never had an author or book that have opened anything. I just don't have the personality to be vowed by anything. At best I might think some sentences are cleverly written, but nothing mind blowing. To me "profound" writing is just "duh".
Does anyone ever have the thought where they question why it is that your life, your eyes, your perception is what you have to witness/be impacted by/feel everything? It’s been a shower thought I’ve had on and off as a kid. Idk that’s what the gaultier (spelling?) quote reminded me of
You should start a book club
I agree!
book club becomes wine club then it becomes bitch club
I would loooove this
Sign me up!
What do you even do in a book club? 😳
Came across your channel this morning, watching the video on “the muse” and I was already interested. But now based on this, I’m in love.
Her intellect was so different from anything else I had come across , and listening to her talk can be dizzying if you’re not present on your toes. This was not a fast read for me.
I found her book in a used bookstore when I was 19 back in 2002. I pushed myself through that book and I think it took me 8 months to read. I had to go back to the library almost everyday with lists of things I had to look up because this one book was truly the most thorough survey of art and western culture. I am grateful for that education.
She is one of my favorite "provocateurs". Really someone with a lot of substance and nuance, an underrated intellectual figure of our time. Thank you for creating this!
hearing her talk is so interesting, her intelligence is so colossal that her mouth can't keep up
I'm in camille paglia era recently, i watch all her interview and lectures
She also reads some of her books herself on audible!! She is a thrilling orator!
@@HeavenSentHoneyLOL she’s the best
It's all from Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, as justified, in spite of historical inaccuracies, by his essay The Use and Abuse of History for Life. It is meant to inspire flourishing spiritedness more than be perfectly accurate. It is a wonderful read.
unrelated but youre the reason why i read books in bed while just wearing perfume it makes it enjoyable idk when was the last time i read with this positive mood and i genuinely do grasp every point i read because i surprised myself when i mentioned something in the book in a convo, thank you
I relate to this heavy. Ive never wanted to work a job, it makes me miserable. I just want to make music and art and live my life on my terms in my own weird unconventional way. I'll def read this book! TY for sharing
First vid I have seen on you and dang, I’m a simple man but, you are GORGEOUS ❤
I've been watching your videos a lot and I'm a big supporter of you and your channel. I totally understand your love for this book based on its notions of how we live through art and how it defines what that might mean. However, an important part Paglia’s thesis advocates for “man-boy” relationships, because this woman was an incredibly well-known radical pro-pedophilia activist in the late 90s-her stance was first published in this book. She writes that she believes we shouldn’t put limitations on the kind of art we produce, including child pornography, and blames Christian moralism for such limitations. She backs her claim by citing how sexual relations with children in Ancient Greece were “venerated,” and so she doesn’t understand why they still aren’t. We shouldn’t highlight the good parts of her argument to ignore a large part of what Sexual Personae was written for. These are the inseparable facts that readers should be aware of.
LOVE Camille! Tracy Quan encouraged me to read Camille Paglia and specifically Sexual Personae.
I just got this book! I don’t remember if I’ve seen the recommendation in your video or in the recent one of Contrapoints but I knew it’s worth orderingg not quite sure what to expect still but I’m excited to read it!!
delighted that someone as influential as Contrapoints name drops Camille
Now I want to read this book! If you have any other recommendations for books on the topics of aestheticism please share!
I wonder about your thoughts on Eastern philosophy to inform and influence Western aesthetics. Mindfulness seems to be very fitting with this lifestyle which in practice is about being conscious with how you live your life and how it makes you feel (artfully). Japanese aesthetics such as wabi-sabi embracing perfect imperfections which bring wholeness and balance; beauty that manifests in unconventional ways.
I was trying to find a copy with a better cover, then I got to the end of your video and thought tearing the cover off this book seemed well-suited and like a work of art in itself :)
My favorite book ever
I was going to get the book for the cover alone, and then you said you ripped off the original cover 😂 I want to do this to the cover of my life and unvail the one I want to see. I want to speak a new language. You are brilliant. SOLD XO Thank you so much ❤
you just opened up my world!
Who is the saxophonist at the end, gentler than Coltrane, more prosaic than Getz, more modern than Hawkins?
Thank you so much! I got the book ❤
Love your passion in this video
Your content is gold
Love this book. Taught me a lot
Once you read Camille your life is not the same...I speak from my own experience...so welcome to Camille's world. You must read "Vamps and Tramps" and "Free Women, Free Men" or even better, buy the audio version of the latter, it's read by Camille herself ❤❤❤
I also wrote to Camille years ago and she never replies because she is extremely busy with her researching projects, so her assistant is the person who manages her email account but anyway... I think you definitively should go to Philadelphia University of Arts and attend to one of her classes. I think she would be delighted to meet you. I would do that if I could but unfortunately I live outside the US.
Anyway...great video review of one of the most important books in the history of the arts. I love your channel, already subscribed.
This is so good and possibly (probably. Maybe) I'll read it
You're my new favorite woman. Continue.
You got me hooked with Anais Nin, now I got another muse
I'm a great influence what can I say
How am I just finding this channel
Oh it sounds lovely, now I will definitely buy it (when I get money)
hermann hesse
Steppenwolf..
read it at 16
at 22
at 40
at 50.. its my monitor
It was 48 laws of power for me
I wish we were friends! LOVE your brain! 💞💞💞
Camille!!!!
Ur making me want to read it so baddd
thank you
How do you feel about Camille’s past transphobic comments and how this relates to her interrogation of gender in this book
Not meaning this as accusatory btw! Just genuinely curious xx
@kaylamonteiro7261 who cares, stop getting offended by everything. Jfc
you look like the mona lisa
I'm very late to the party. I want to read this.
wow
Interesting
Perhaps it is my time in asia, but the constant battle between the earth and the heavens feels so odd as a concept. I am familiar of course, but my personal views feel more taoist than gnostic. And this framework of thought feels very gnostic. I have not read the book yet though.
Which makes sense as it is about western art. Camille talks in SP about how the east does not resist nature the way we do.
Ngl most of her popular talks are questionable. It is nice to hear someone be vocal about their love for a book but I hope you don't take in everything the author says without question. Absorbing some of her beliefs through her writing would be bad.
i just ordered it. needed a new book to begin! au revoir 🪭
holy fuck. i adore you. just subscribed to all your instas lol
Finding your channel a week ago changed me forever!!! I am making my life more beautiful in all aspects and it feels so much better. Ugliness is so draining. Thank you
I would love love a video on the fear of being seen and how to overcome it (as someone who struggles with social anxiety its a bane of my existence) ❤
PS - I have watched your videos for a while but just started to comment. I have a hard time putting into words just how you are the kind of youtuber/ creator I have always looked for, and how much your life philosophy inspires me. How seen I feel by your commentary, your desire for beauty and feeling like an outcast. I especially love how you eloquently and efficiently describe things, and your observation on life and eye for details❤️
Prioritize your desire.
YEEES when i was 19 i spent the entire summer reading and annotating Sexual Personae, i was totally rapt with it. the sheer volume of knowledge about art history, literature, psychology, sociology, philosophy, religion and myth i learned from that book is absolutely unparalleled by anything else. Camille is truly my patron saint 👼 bet u listen to Red Scare ;) subbing bc i love u ! ❤
OMG I found her book when I was 19 and it changed my life.
This thesis on the Apollonian & Dyonisian is fundamentally Nietzsche’s ideas, first.. he got it from the ancient Greeks. Only, he wouldn’t regard art as escape from nature, but the highest fulfillment of nature. It’s best and strongest phase is for life & power, against degeneration and decline. As one says beauty is truth, Nietzsche replaces “truth” with “life & strength & power”. See Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy.
I am having thoughts about it
I love the Better than Food channel too! I'm guessing this is the channel you mentioned. Thank you for your recommendation on this book! I know it's not your main thing, but I love hearing you talk about the books that influenced you! It's always powerful. I'm looking forward to reading this book--adding it to my list!
Yes it was Better than Food! Been staving myself off from contributing to his patreon but his series on SP pretty much sold me
Tbh I cannot take anything that woman says seriously, to me she just wants to be contrarian because it grabs attention
i think she might have something of substance to say on art and sexuality given her background and research, i have disagreed with all three of her talks i watched on youtube, so my exposure to her has been limited and negative, but I think this book can be of value if you care for the topics
@@SoVidushi probably, I'm just reluctant to engage with paglia's work due to some of her stances and opinions
@@codysmith3853fearing the awareness of someone else’s opinions is similar to being in a religion that forbids the viewing of rated r movies. Don’t fear the unknown and don’t fear your beliefs being challenged.
@@bellapayne I highly doubt Cody is fearing some unknown.
sounds like denial on your part ...find out what is making you avoid her work? perhaps it is the hard work of "thinking" that you have to do to
i love hearing artsy eclectic women ramble this channel is so fire
also my one thing that shaped me is the Uses of the Erotic essay by Audre Lorde so I'm sure I'll love this book
I wish I could find one to date. I really struggle to relate with regular women and I know very few intellectual ones who weren't just brainwashed by some shitty college.
@@ethosterros9430 did not ask
@@gothmommyasmr Are you alright? This kind of aggression in a youtube comment is kind of strange to me like you felt a clear need to assert yourself. it smells of trauma like maybe you've had people putting you down in the past or something of the sort. Maybe you thought I was hitting on you now that I had a chance to read over your name idk, but I wasn't. People shame you for being who you are, yes? especially shamed by men. I'm sorry if that was the case.
@@ethosterros9430 that's a really long response and projection that im not gonna read
Beauty makes life bearable
I read Sexual Personae in 1993 when I was 23 and it blew my mind and inspired a continued love and appreciation for art and beauty. Camille is inimitable. I have not found anyone else who possesses the ability to distill ideas on art with such depth, nuance and confidence. I’m so glad to have found your channel- I’m working my way through your video catalogue and it’s quite the journey! ❤❤❤
Blessed and incredibly grateful that you have chosen to platform your journey so publicly 🖤 I adore this channel, it’s one of the best tools for self discovery, blossoming, learning. You are so eloquent and I especially love seeing how passionate you are about these subjects. This video in particular is one of my new favourites because of how raw and honest it is. Thank you for all you do, I for one am here to continue growing with you 🤍
You are so so so so welcome! Thank you for keeping up with me on this journey!
Camille Paglia is a bonafide genius. There are many fascinating clips of her on UA-cam from her prime, and even later. Unfortunately she’s been MIA the past five years or so which leads me to believe she’s ill.
This is the third video of yours I have watched. I’m an astrologer. My guess is that your Moon lies in something called the Citra Nakshatra which is one of 27 mansions that the Moon moves through in any month of time. This is Vedic astrology as opposed to Western astrology. Citra stands for true beauty and the symbol for it is a gemstone. The 5 senses that we have, touch, taste, sight, hearing and smell are all heightened in this Nakshatra for the sake of being able to create and appreciate the substance of things and people. You must have the capacity to perceive beneath the surface of things (in other words interpret subtleties in the tastes of food or the symbols of stories or the true character of people or elegance vs. fads - you get the idea), and actually witness, understand or KNOW the essence of the thing you are perceiving with those 5 senses. If you don’t have heightened senses, you cannot get to that place of perception. It’s like having a dull knife and trying to get to the center of an enormous roast to perceive if it is fully cooked or not. A gem is multilayered and shines brilliantly because of its complexity and cuts. You are able to take the insights from one book and apply it in multilayered ways that stimulate all of your senses which helps you interact with your world. Clarity, honesty, fidelity to the substance of the matter of things shine through the PERSON and wind up being expressed as true beauty. This is what beauty is. The essence of someone coming to the surface of their being! You sparkle and dazzle when you share your passions. Love it.
Love the background music and your analysis. I'm not sure if I've read this, but I have read some of her other works. I'm not sure if Art ever escapes nature, but maybe I'm biased as an artist. Nature is the most beautifully profound thing this reality has to offer. Art only mimics or holds it hostage but can never truly express its essence, rather only aspects.
She's very brave and creative. Good thinker. Intolerable speaker, impossible to listen to! Like she thinks too fast for her mouth and never had the discipline to apportion the thought to the mouth's metre.
Thank you for the recommendation. My to read list didn’t really need to be any longer, but I appreciate it all the same 😅 this book sounds right up my alley.
Enjoying this so much. I read it many years ago but it’s much better remembering through your eyes. And maybe even realizing that parts of my life have had a foundation in her thoughts.
In an older video you recommended The Sacred Prostitute. I read it and it literally changed the trajectory of my life! I surrendered my sexuality as a tool for power, and have dedicated it to the goddess of love
❤️❤️
Men are driven by hormones and instincts too. Not only women. Both sexes can act irrational and rational.
The model of the psyche by Sigmund Freud: Über-Ich(rational part of the ego), Ich, und Es(irrational, instinct driven part of the ego). That is what I would call it. I would not use the words female for the irrational and male for the rational part.
The proper words should probably be “feminine and masculine”, instead of men and women, but the point still stands. Camille has written about this extensively.
Both men and women are indeed products of irrational nature, but masculinity is characteristically anti-nature in its expression. Men are driven to subjugate his external environment, but once civilisation is established, the ideal man must subjugate himself, suppressing and regulating his hormonal instincts and becoming a product of unnatural rationality. Obviously this means that being a “real man” is something artificial, fragile even, and must be vigilantly maintained.
Equating femininity with irrationality is not to say that women are unthinking beings, but that her status as a woman and her feminine qualities are the products of irrational nature. Even if she never becomes a mother, a woman must still endure all the bodily stresses that irrational nature still forces upon her. She never has to prove her status as a “real woman”, but the survival of the species requires a mother to embrace irrationality and love the very child which causes her even more bodily suffering.
This made me cry. I forgot how much I love ideas. 🙏
Paglia is the most underrated intellectual IMO. Reading her is like taking a hallucinogenic drug.
Thank you so much for making this video! I discovered Camille in mid-August 2022, and since then I have been constantly looking for videos of her interviews or speeches, as well as some of her books and online articles. But in the end, like you said, it is always Sexual Personae, like the purest measuring stick, reminding me to identify beauty and maintain an active and diverse sanity to fight against the obstacles in reality. Everlasting love to Camille Paglia💗!
"purest measuring stick" haha! Yes. SP is something to come back to and give weight to the world again.
I picked up the hardcopy back in 1998. a great read. It brought to me a new meaning to the Star Trek TOS episode "Is There in Truth No Beauty?".
I know this is an older video but I just checked out her book from the library thanks to your recommendation! I'm just about to start it now ❤️ and I think you should send her an email and just let her know how much her work means to you and how brilliant you believe it is! I really think it would mean a lot to her too to know how influential it was for you.
A lot of times we assume artists and writers know how much their work means and how good it is. But a lot of times they don't! Everyone just assumes they know how good it is and so don't tell them. Besides you never know you guys could end up being friends or she could end up being your mentor or something. Either way I really do think you should let her know through my email or whatever if you haven't yet!
lol who is this person
Congratulations for the choice. I LOVE CP !!! Sexual persona is in my top 10 list of all time. Do you believe in Brazil there was only one edition??? Because the feminist movement complained about the book so heavely... the publishing company suspended the distribution.
Ordered last week with my favourite book shop, picking up today!
Also, as per your recommendation I have been reading poetry first thing in the morning. At the moment oscillating between Lord Byron and Leonard Cohen.
You are helping me lay out the entire path and meaning of my life, I’ve moved from an abstract understanding that beauty is the center of my life, to a cultivated dedicated practice.
ILYSM ♥️
I love the idea of two different cults - i think the word ist perfectly fitting. Because I am studying my Master in Art & Science in Vienna I wonder were science is placed in between. It is also an abstraction to find a truth in the World but can it be put into the field of aesthetic? And isnt science constructive not destructive?
Ouuuf they say your vibe attracts your tribe. So glad I stumbled upon this video! Related to so much of this
Happy to have you here babe
My tantra was the Laws of Seduction by Robert Greene. Looking forward to exploring your channel. You're speaking my mantra rn
i love you so much
you slayed
Youre amazing, i love your content ❤❤❤❤
i owe you so much girl!
I'm 44, I have never had an author or book that have opened anything. I just don't have the personality to be vowed by anything. At best I might think some sentences are cleverly written, but nothing mind blowing. To me "profound" writing is just "duh".
Then you've read very mid books. And you certainly haven't read Sexual Personae
Love Camille Paglia
This is Nietzsche’s theory. But the writer’s still inspiring ❤
As a huge reader I need to get this book thanks for breaking this book down ❤ I’m sure I’ll enjoy it!!
I literally think its impossible not to like at least a small portion of it
this video humbled me. i forgot how much i owe to SP as well. so thank you
no problem babe
I hope you can get together with Camille Paglia soon, she is also lucky to have someone like you to respect and love her and her work SO MUCH
I ran to buy it
5 minute mile!
Does anyone ever have the thought where they question why it is that your life, your eyes, your perception is what you have to witness/be impacted by/feel everything? It’s been a shower thought I’ve had on and off as a kid. Idk that’s what the gaultier (spelling?) quote reminded me of
I am very Happy you have Found your Muse of Philosophy, it speaks to your Soul and feeds the Minds Eye
I decided to be an art history major in January 1989, and got Paglia’s book when it came out. Fantastic read!! ❤
My ponderation about your video about that book that is so important for you is: Do you have your eyebrows tattoed? Thank you.
Hello! I would love to see more of your book recommendations - where can I find them?
I am addicted to your videos!
Watching!! I bought this book a couple years ago after listening to her speak and still haven’t gotten around to reading it
Inspired to read this now - thank you
Don't hesitate, take her classes!
maybe its just your intuition
Buying
Camille Paglia is absolutely brilliant.
"The only True Religion is the Beautiful Itself."
- Avatar Adi Da Samraj
luv ur content so much
Oh no. It's okay if your fav is "problematic" but Jesus Christ. 😭😭