• The moral ambivalence of the great mother goddesses has been conveniently forgotten by those American feminists who have resurrected them. We cannot grasp nature's bare blade without shedding our own blood.

  Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)

  Camille Paglia
  American academic and social critic 1947-
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1. conveniently
2. resurrected
3. forgotten
4. feminists
5. shedding
6. nature

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The moral ambivalence of the great mother goddesses has been conveniently forgotten by those American feminists who have resurrected them. We cannot grasp nature's bare blade without shedding our own blood. by : Camille Paglia

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