Politics & Government

Camille Paglia Tells Why She is Supporting Jill Stein

The 'dissident feminist' says she is backing Lexington's Jill Stein for president.

Anyone who follows Camille Paglia would probably agree that her views are almost always, well, unexpected as well as provocative and articulate.

Professor and author Paglia came out in support of Lexington's Jill Stein and the Green Party as her political choice this year in a new interview on Salon.com.

Her most pungent line in explaining her reasons for going Green: "the creeping totalitarianism of Obamacare, which Jill Stein as a physician is rightly skeptical about."

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Paglia was being interviewed because she has a new book out called "Glittering Images: A Journey from Egypt to Star Wars.


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