Reply #21: Paglia is an Odd One Alright

[On the Road]

It's important to remember that she's an academic first, the kind that takes bizarre positions just to be controversial. It seems to have worked.

She was a Bill Clinton voter in the 90s and a Nader voter in 00. Last I knew she was an Edwards supporter (although she might have changed to Obama, as Al Federfer mentioned). But she has a raw, visceral outlook that puts her in opposition to the more noble or humanist elements in liberalism. Her admirers in the right wing (of which there are many) are like Democratic admirers of Ron Paul.

Having said that, her specialty is gender roles and identity throughout history, literature, and culture. In that sense, Hillary Clinton is a perfect subject.