All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exercise this spectre: except they didn't, but they tried. Now there's 14 year olds on the Internet with accounts based in Malaysia pushing content that begs Europe to protect the "pure" "Christian" aspects of its culture largely borne from pagan influence (Roman and Greek, in particular), as Paglia points out here. Remember that when you see vivid Catholic iconography, cathedrals, and defense of Western decadence on an Instagram reel. She was onto something!

All that aside, I desperately need to return this to my school library, so it's time for a (rushed) review. I adored the first chapter ("Sex and Violence, or Nature and Art") and how elegantly it lays the groundwork for Paglia's central argument: that the push-and-pull of Apollonian vs. Chthonic nature is the central struggle in Western culture. This is the crux of nearly all analysis Paglia provides throughout the book. Her theory on rape puts into words thoughts I've had for some time, and [I'll finish in the morning I have to sleep]