Paglia's writing is an example of the finest spirit of capitalist enterprise
: find an opportunity and exploit it to the hilt. The way this usually works
in all fields of the academic humanities world is quite clear: find an area
of great current interest, and stake out in it a position which is sharply
heterodox, yet has just enough validity so that you can't be written off as a
fringe nut. Such a project, pursued with the requisite combination of
aggressivenes and mediocrity, is guaranteed to lead to fame, wealth, and the
love of [insert preferred gender or orientation.]
There ain't no sanity clause.
-- Chico Marx
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