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This is a really blah column from Paglia. Instead of choosing her own topic and expressing the intricacies of her thoughts and ideas, Paglia has elected a simple question-and-answer response.
But judging from the selection of questions, it is pretty obvious Paglia decided to take the easy way out. Every single questions plays to Paglia's biases and well-worn subjects.
Worse, the Q-and-A format puts Paglia in a bizarre queen-bee position, with questioners mostly praising her and reaffirming her own opinions. Paglia then responds with further reaffirmation. It's like a tonier version of Rush Limbaugh's "dittohead" groupie dynamic.
So I read the whole article, and afterward I'm left thinking, "What did I just read? And what insights did I get from it?" And the answer has to be: Hardly any. That's because nearly all Paglia offers are opinions. They're opinions with a whiff of intellectualism to them, but opinions just they same.
Paglia's take on global warming? Opinion. Evidence be damned.
Anyway, I just gotta say, this Q&A format is weak and lazy. Paglia should try answering some of the more off-the-wall or challenging letters sometime.
