Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 22:29:38 -0700
From: will <pamwil-AT-wco.com>
Subject: re:art and decadence


  having been a wee bit mystified by nechvatal's interest in camille
paglia, i dropped back a couple yards and began to read the text he had
submitted by nell tenhaaf:"Neonudism". sho (e)nuff.
  "The Neonude surrogate's presence on screen also invokes a biological
metaphor, as a way to merge the human and machine aspects of the
environment. She should be seen as a kind of engulfing female monster who
lives in the recesses of electronic space, a swallowing machine."
   now, it's been years since i read sexual personae, but assuredly i
recall paglia's clever and indeed forceful (agree with everything eric
briefly wrote about paglia) argument that men have always feared the
maelstromic fertile force of the female sex. 
   in the interest of inconclusivity, thereby, might one then suggest the
web be a potential site of surrogate black widowhood, as if i don't already
worry enough?



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