20 November 2008

Three interpretations of a Rittelmeyer sentence.

Camille Paglia’s public crucifixion at the hands of liberal feminists is legendary.”

-Helen Rittelmeyer, in “Jezebels with a Cause

INTERPRETATION 1: To say that liberal feminists harshly criticized Paglia is an understatement.

INTERPRETATION 2: A group of liberal feminists actually kidnapped Paglia and crucified her out on the quad, and though Paglia somehow survived, it's still a well-known event.

INTERPRETATION 3: Many people believe that a group of liberal feminists actually crucified Paglia, but this is just another wild apocryphal story out of academia.

(I've got absolutely no idea what to do with the article's thesis. As someone who ignores the hook-up culture, I guess I can afford to leave it alone.)

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