UCamille Paglia.Umdala kaNeville / uCorbis ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Ngokupapashwa kwiveki ephelileyo ngengqokelela yakhe entsha yezincoko, Abasetyhini abaSimahla, aMadoda aSimahla , UCamille Paglia ubonakalisa ukuba uyibhola yenkcubeko eyonakalisayo njengakuqala. Entsha icinyiwe ukuvela kwiThala leencwadi loluntu laseBrooklyn , sathetha nomvukeli ongumfazi-kunye nomfazi okreqileyo-ngezinye zezinto azithandayo: ezopolitiko, imeko yezemfundo, kwaye, ewe, urhuqa ookumkanikazi.
Enye yezinto osoloko uxinezelekile emsebenzini wakho kukuba iphondo kunye nokungazi inkcubeko yehlabathi uninzi lweengqondi ziye zanda. Ucinga ntoni ngokuthelekisa rhoqo phakathi kukaTrump noHitler (nkqu noHitler ngokoqobo)? Inxalenye yam ikrokrela ukuba abayazi ngokulula abanye oozwilakhe.
Ewe, iphondo lelona gama lichanekileyo ukuchaza umbono wehlabathi ongqongqo wezazi ezininzi zaseMelika-nangona zimbalwa kakhulu izifundiswa eziyinyani ezishiyekileyo kweli lizwe. Into esinayo ikakhulu sisidwangube, izifundiswa ezikumgangatho ophezulu kunye neentatheli zoncwadi olungenathemba, ezihlangeneyo kwiighettos zasedolophini. Ixesha kunye nokucinga kweqela sisibetho.
Ubukho beyona ngxaki iphambili — kukufunxwa ngokugqithileyo kwixesha langoku okanye eladlulayo, nelivelisa ukugqwethwa kwembono kunye nesibhakabhaka esisezantsi senkukhu encinci. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu eyadlulayo, emva kokuba ndinike isifundo eYale apho ndandikhala khona ngokwanda kwelahleko yolwazi lwexesha elidlulileyo, usihlalo weSebe lezeMbali wandixelela ngobunzima bakhe obumangalisayo bokuqesha ubuhlakani obutsha. Iingcali kwimbali yamaxesha aphakathi zazinqabile, kwaye nakwimbali yaseMelika, wathi, bambalwa abafundi abaphumeleleyo abagxile kuyo nantoni na ngaphambi kweMfazwe yamakhaya. Le meko yokuwa iyothusa, ukutsho nje okuncinci.
Umsebenzi wam wokuqala njengomntwana yayikukuba yi-Egyptologist. Abembi bezinto zakudala bacinga ngamaxesha amade kakhulu. Ndiphelelwe ngumonde ngokugqithileyo ekubonakaliseni abafundi bezopolitiko kunye neentatheli. Ngaphezulu kwekota yenkulungwane eyadlulayo, ndibhale kwiJunk Bonds nakwiCorporate Raiders (uhlaselo lwam lwasemva kolwakhiwo, lwaprintwa kwakhona Ukwabelana ngesondo, ubuGcisa, kunye neNkcubeko yaseMelika Ingxelo yomntu iphantse yonk 'indawo yenkohlakalo engoyiswanga kwaye ithintelwe yimpucuko. Ama-impiriyali kunye nobukhoboka ayingombuso wabamhlophe abangamadoda kodwa akho kuyo yonke indawo, ukusuka eJiphutha, eAsiriya nasePersi ukuya eIndiya, China naseJapan. Akukho ndlela sinokuyiqonda ngayo ngoku ngaphandle kokufunda okudlulileyo.
Ngokuchanekileyo yayilulwazi lwam lwembali yakudala neyangoku eyakhokelela ekubeni ndigxeke uhlaselo luka-George W. Bush e-Iraq ngaphambi kokuba yenzeke. Ndingomnye wabantu abambalwa kakhulu abenza njalo. Phantse lonke usasazo oluphambili lwaya ezantsi phambi kobuxoki obulawulayo bolawulo lukaBush. Ndiyacinga Udliwanondlebe lwam lweSalon.com (kunye noDavid Talbot) Ukuchasa olo hlaselo lusondeleyo yenye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo kwikhondo lomsebenzi wam. 
Ingqokelela entsha yesincoko sikaCamille Paglia, 'Abafazi abaSimahla, amadoda aSimahla.'IPenguin Random House
Ngokubhekisele kuthelekiso olugqithisileyo lukaTrump noHitler, ndiyasilela ukubona ukuba kufana nantoni na. Ngaba iTrump isayina ii-odolo zolawulo ngendlela ekhawulezayo ejikeleze imisebenzi ye-gridlock yeCongress? Andiyithandi loo nto, kodwa yile nto yayisenziwa ngu-Obama iminyaka, enambalwa avela kwiiDemokhrasi. U-Obama wayexhaphaza amandla e-DRM kwaye wayehlala eziphatha njengokumkani wase-France e-Versailles.
Inyani yokwenyani yeyokuba uTrump uphumelele unyulo oluvuthelwe ngabaDemokhrasi. Ndingumdemokhrasi obhalisiweyo ovotele uBernie Sanders kumabanga aphantsi. USanders ngekhe waphumelela ukutyunjwa kwaye unyulo lwalunodumo kumajelo eendaba, ubukhulu becala kwitanki likaHillary, enganyanzelwanga ukuba acinywe unyaka wonke. Ngaphandle kobuninzi obungaziwayo kubavoti abaninzi base-Heartland, uSanders uphantse waphumelela, kwaye uninzi lweeprimaries, ezinje ngeIowa, zisenokuba zabiwa kuye.
UTrump wanyulwa kuba wayethetha ngeengxaki ezazingakhathalelwanga ziidemokhrasi okanye zazingenazisombululo. Kutheni bengaphoxeki abaDemokhrasi begxila kubushushu babo kwiqela lethu? Ubume obuphezulu obuphezulu kufuneka butshayelwe kwaye ii-egomaniacal Clintons zisiwe kwi-mothballs. Ndijonge kwisizukulwana esitsha sabaselula abaDemokhrasi ukwenza utshintsho. Kwixesha elizayo umongameli sweepstakes, imali yam ikwisenator entsha yaseCalifornia, uKamala Harris. Ubonakala enayo yonke ipakethe!
Ndigubungela iRuPaul's Drag Race for the Braganca, kwaye eso sisiphumo esithe ngqo sokufunda malunga nenkcubeko yokutsala kuwe kwi-1990s. Ngaba uye walandela ukuvela kwenkcubeko yokutsala kule minyaka ingamashumi idlulileyo, kwaye ucinga ntoni ngendaleko yayo?
Yayiyimidlalo bhanyabhanya emnyama namhlophe ka-Andy Warhol, ngaphezulu kwako konke Ihenyukazi , endathi ndayibona kwikholeji kamsinya nje emva kokuba yadutyulwa ngo-1964, oko kuqala kwandenza ndabona ukutsala njengohlobo lobugcisa. UMario Montez njengo-trashy uJean Harlow ngokungakhathali ngokungakhathali kunye nokutya ibhanana kwakuchukumisa! Ezinye iinkwenkwezi ezirhuqayo kaWarhol-uJackie Curtis, uHolly Woodlawn, kunye noCandy Darling — yayiyeyona mifanekiso iphambili kum nakwisazinge sam sangaphakathi kule minyaka ilishumi. Yenye yezona zizathu ziphambili ndisazibiza ngokuba yiWarholite.
Olunye uphawu lomdlalo bhanyabhanya yowe-1968, Ukumkanikazi , apho ukhuphiswano lwaseNew York lokutsala olugwetywe nguWarhol lwaphumelela ngebala elimnandi elibizwa ngokuba nguRachel Harlow (uRichard Finocchio wasePhiladelphia). UDavid Bowie wabona loo mboniso bhanyabhanya e-Cannes kwaye wayechaphazeleke kakhulu ngumbono othambileyo kaHarlow. Emva koko kwabakho ihlazo elikhulu elingaphantsi komhlaba eFiladelfia xa uGrace Kelly owayengumlingane ongathandani naye, uJohn B. Kelly, Omnci., Wathandana noHarlow kwaye wagxothwa kukhuphiswano losodolophu ngumama wakhe ongumKatolika owayeziphindezela!
Ndiqale ukubhala malunga ne-androgyny kwikholeji kwaye ndenza uphando olukhulu kuyo kwisikolo esiphumelele isidanga sobugqirha (esibizwa Umntu wesini: Iindidi zeAndrogyne ). Incwadi ebalaseleyo yaseBritane yavela ngo-1968, unyaka endangena ngawo kwisikolo segrad: Roger Baker's Tsala: Imbali yokuziLingisa kwabafazi kwiQonga . Iifoto ezikwelo hlelo lokuqala zazinkqonkqoza- ngakumbi u-Ricky Renee owayenomtsalane. Kwizifundo zam zembali, bendinomdla kwindima ephambili eyayidlalwa kukutshintsha kwamasiko nezithethe zakudala, ngakumbi ihlelo likaCybele eAsia Minor, apho ababingeleli abangamadoda babezithena khona banxibe iimpahla zikathixokazi.
Emva kokugoba isini ngo-1960, kunye neenwele zaso ezingacacanga kunye nezambatho ezimdaka zeMod, kwabakho inkcubeko: ngee-1970s, amadoda asandul 'ukukhululwa asemva kokuba ekhululwe eStallwall amadoda athandana namanye ajika aba ngumfuziselo wamehlo (ijean, ihempe zokubamba imithi, iindevu). Umzobi wephonografi uTom waseFinland (endimhloniphayo) ubonelele ngenkqubo yesikhumba esimnyama ngenkangeleko entsha ye-s & m. Tsala ookumkanikazi baphuma ngequbuliso-bechaswa njengentsalela yexesha elihlazo xa amadoda athandana namanye abekwa njengamakhwenkwe. Njengokuba ndandigxininisa kwisincoko sekhathalogu endandisibhalele umboniso omkhulu weVictoria & Albert Museum kaDavid Bowie ngesinxibo sakhe ngo-2013, i-andogynous Bowie yesigaba sakhe esiqaqambileyo iZiggy Stardust yayikhwankqisa ngokumangalisayo ekuchaseni iindibano zobudoda ezithandwayo zentshukumo yangoku yesitabane.
Ukurhuqa kwakhona kwaqala ngebhanyabhanya ye-Franco-Italian ye-1978, Iifolokhwe zeCage Aux , esekwe kumdlalo waseFrance kwaye usethwe eSaint Tropez. Zombini iifilimu kunye nomculo we-Broadway ka-1983 welo gama ungqineke uthandwa kakhulu ngabaphulaphuli abaqhelekileyo. Isibheno se-crossover saqhubeka ngokumangaliswa kwe-smash hits ye-comedies ezimbini zokumkanikazi, IiAdventures zikaPriscilla, uKumkanikazi weNtlango (1994) kunye KuWong Foo Enkosi ngayo yonke into, uJulie Newmar (amashumi alithoba anesithoba anesihlanu).
Kwi-1993, ndasebenzisana noGlenn Belverio (ekutsaleni kwakhe njengoGlennda Orgasm) kwividiyo ye-porn eyadutyulwa kwizitrato zaseGreenwich Village, UGlennda kunye noCamille Do Downtown, Apho ndibhengeze ukuba ii-1990s yayilixesha lokumkanikazi: Tsala ookumkanikazi ngabona bantu babalaseleyo kwezesondo kule minyaka ilishumi. Ndabiza ifilosofi yam ukuba Tsala uKumkanikazi ubufazi kwaye ndathetha ngobuninzi bobuntu bam obumodeliswe kukumkanikazi. (Umbhalo wefilimu uvela kwingqokelela yam yencoko ka-1994, IiVampu kunye neTramp .)
Ifilimu yasasazwa ngoJuni 1993 kumdlalo kaGlenn kwiManhattan Public Access Television kwaye yaqala ukuboniswa kwi-1994 Sundance Film Festival. Nangona kunjalo, yayivinjelwe ukungachaneki kwezopolitiko yiNew York kunye neSan Francisco Lesbian kunye neMikhosi yeFilimu yeGay. (Kamva yaphumelela ibhaso lokuqala lelona xwebhu lifutshane lifanelekileyo kuMnyhadala weFilimu owawuseChicago ongaphantsi komhlaba.
Kungoko ndothusayo kwaye ndonwabile kukuhamba kancinci kokutsala, okunokulandelwa ukusuka kumdlalo wokuqala we-VH1 ka-RuPaul ngo-1996 ukuya kwimpumelelo enkulu Umdyarho wokuTsala weRuPaul , eyaqala ngo-2009 kwaye isaqhubeka. Imithetho engqongqo kaRuPaul ngaphezulu kwenzala yakhe yookumkanikazi abafundisayo bafundisa ngokugqithileyo- njengoEva Arden kwi-Miss Brooks yethu.
Kodwa akufuneki silibale ukuba kwakukhe kwakho impikiswano engakanani ngokutsala. Umzekelo, emva kwentetho eNew York's 92ndIsitalato Y kukhenketho lwam lwencwadi lwango-1994 IiVampu kunye neTramp , Abahlobo bam, kubandakanya uGlenn ngokurhuqa ngokupheleleyo njengoGlennda Orgasm, ngokungxama wagqiba kwelokuba aye ku-Elaine's, ibha edumileyo ye-Upper East Side kunye nendawo yokutyela ehamba rhoqo ngababhali, abadlali kunye nabazobi.
Andizange ndiye ku-Elaine kwaye ndandingazi ukuba ndilindele ntoni. Ndathi xa ndigqitha kwigumbi lokuqala elinabantu abaninzi, elinengxolo noGlennda (esondela phezu kwam ngo-6’1 nangaphandle kwezithende), kwafuneka sicofe umdlali omde ngokulinganayo uTony Roberts, owaziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe noWoody Allen. Nangoku, kwiminyaka engama-23 kamva, ndisabona inkxalabo eyoyikisayo neyoyikisayo yentiyo nokudelela ebusweni bukaRoberts xa wabona uGlennda enesibindi sokungena kuloo tempile iphakamileyo. Uhanahaniso lwabakhulu bourgeois liberals! Emva kokuba sonke sihleli ngasemva, kwacaca ukuba inkonzo yayihamba kancinci kwaye ingakhathali. Andizichazanga, kodwa ndenza isifungo sokungaze ndibuyele ku-Elaine. Impindezelo yam yayikukunika eli bali iphepha leSithandathu INew York Post -I-perch yam yesiqhelo yokuhlasela indawo eseManhattan!
Ngokuphathelele umbuzo wakho malunga nokuziphendukela kwemvelo, ndicinga ukuba sele isandul 'ukuhamba kwi-masque yenkundla-eyayiyinto ehloniphekileyo kwaye isoloko isimboli yemidlalo yaseshashalazini eyaphuhliswa emva kwesizukulwana sikaShakespeare sababhali bemidlalo yokudlala, abagxile kwisakhiwo kunye nomlingiswa. Abadlali be-masque eNgilani, eFrance nase-Italiya babehlala bezihandiba okanye nkosi uqobo. IMasque yayineendawo zamathambo kodwa zinxibe kakhulu kunye nomculo kunye nomdaniso, ngamanye amaxesha zineziphumo ezizodwa zomlilo okanye zamanzi. Ekugqibeleni, i-masque yazala i-ballet yeklasi.
Abakhuphiswano bayaqhubeka Umdyarho wokuTsala weRuPaul Ngabalinganiswa abatsalwe ngokuqatha abaphethe iziqwenga zabo entloko. Ziyakhuphisana kwaye zilwa njengamakhosi obugcisa bemfazwe. Inika umdla kakhulu indlela yeembaleki zefashoni ekumgangatho ophezulu (uphawu lweshishini eligwetywe bubufazi obuqhelekileyo ukuya kuthi ga kwiminyaka yoo-1990) khange lusinde kuphela kodwa lube luphawu lwangoku lokuzibonakalisa kunye nokusebenza.
Ndimele ndivume kwi-nostalgia yexesha langaphambi kwe-Stonewall yokurhuqa, xa zazininzi iinkwenkwezi zaseHollywood ezinje ngoMarlene Dietrich, Mae West, Bette Davis, Tallulah Bankhead, noJudy Garland ukuzenza. Ngamanye amaxesha utsalo lwanamhlanje lubonakala ngathi luyiHalloween kakhulu-oko kukuthi, ngokungacwangciswanga, ngokungathi kunjalo, kwaye uqhawule umtshato kwiintsomi okanye kwizengqondo. Kodwa iHalloween ibingumhla ongcwele kum ebuntwaneni, xa ndothusa abantu ndinxibe iimpahla zam ezi-transgender ezinje nge-eccentric transgender -uRobin Hood, ijoni laseRoma, i-matador, uNapoleon, iHamlet. (Yachitheka yaphelela ebudaleni: incwadi yam entsha ivelisa kwakhona ifoto yam ka-1992 Abantu Iphephancwadi apho ndikhanyisa ngemela yokutshintsha ngelixa ndilinganisa umntu wasesitratweni Ibali laseNtshona .)
Ndonwabile ukubona indlela endala yokutsala isaphumelela eManila Luzon, owenza uburharha obunobuntu kunye noFanny Brice wakhe wawela amehlo kodwa onobunyani bokwenene kunye nemfihlakalo, ukungcangcazela komlingo. Kwividiyo yakhe yeNdlovukazi engunaPhakade, apho alilela khona ukusweleka kweqabane lakhe, uluhlu lukaManila kunye nobunzulu beemvakalelo zazibonisiwe. Ungumdlali onqabileyo onobuchule obulinganayo kwimidlalo ehlekisayo nakwintlekele.
Isitayile sakho esikhawulezayo sokuthetha ngomlilo yinto eyenza naluphi na udliwanondlebe lwakho lube yimincili ukubukela. Ungamcebisa uthini umntu onqwenela ukuba yingqondi yoluntu, kwaye ucinga ntoni ngenqanaba lentetho eligcinwe ziintloko ezininzi kule mihla?
Andizange ndiphinde ndibukele naziphi na iintloko ezithethayo-enjani yona inyambalala yeparrot! [Ndikhetha ukungathathi lento buqu. -MM] Iintsuku ezizukileyo zeendaba zeTV okanye ukucinga nzulu kubonisa ngathi Umnqamlezo okanye nkqu Umboniso wePhil Donahue kudala zahamba. IWebhu ngowona mthombo wam wolwazi kunye noluvo malunga neziganeko zangoku. Wonke umntu kufuneka enze iinzame zokubeka iliso kwimithombo yeendaba kwibala lezopolitiko. Ayikho enye indlela yokuvavanya ukuba ilizwe lingena kweliphi icala. Abantu abaninzi abathembele kwi-CNN nakwi-MSNBC kuphela okanye INew York Times kwaye IWashington Post Kunyaka ophelileyo bothuka kwaye bakhathazwa lunyulo kuba babebanjiswe kukhuseleko lobuxoki ngabanqolobi behamba ze kwaye bahlala bexela.
Ungaba kanjani yingqondi yoluntu: okokuqala, fumana umsebenzi wokwenyani! Ndithethile amashumi eminyaka ukuba uSusan Sontag wazihlasela ngokuzimela eLotus Land, apho wayedlala khona i-Deep Thinker ngelixa ephila into evanithi ngokuthambile enkulu ngokusebenzisa iqabane lakhe u-Annie Leibovitz. Kanye kanye yintoni le yayiyisihogo uSontag awayeyazi ngobomi bokwenyani kwindlu yakhe yokuhlala yaseManhattan okanye eParis-à-terre? Umntu okrelekrele ngokwenyani woluntu kufuneka aphile ubomi obuqhelekileyo njengaye wonke umntu- angabaleki nabantu abakratshi kwaye abambe ikratshi kumatheko esidlo.
Okwesibini, funda, funda, funda! Ngeli xesha ndithetha into engeyonyani, yangoku kunye neyadlulayo- imbali, ezopolitiko, i-biography. Ngokungafaniyo ne-pretzel-twisting, i-solipsistic post-structuralists ezithintela i-academe, ndiyakholelwa ukuba zikhona, ziyinyani, izinto ezinokubakho kwaye kufuneka zaziwe malunga neminyaka engama-10 000 yobomi bomntu. Akukho kwanto ibethayo ukuya kwilayibrari eyiyo kwaye uzulazula phakathi kweendlela. Ndayigqogqa iSterling Memorial Library xa ndandingumfundi eYad. Ukutshata kwam kubangele ukuba ndifumane izinto ezininzi ezintle-ezindala, ezalibalekileyo ezazinemathiriyeli engaqhelekanga okanye umbono oqinisekileyo.
Okwesithathu, ziqhelanise nomsebenzi wokubhala! Kwikholeji, ndizalise iincwadana ezinemibhalo yeprose ebetha ngesakhiwo okanye ubuchule endiye ndayifunda ndayifumana. Ndigcine uluhlu lwamagama angaqhelekanga ukujonga kwisichazi-magama, kunye neetymologies zayo ezintsonkothileyo (ngelishwa ndilahlekile kwizichazi magama ezininzi ezikwi-Intanethi). Ukubhala kakuhle kunokunika nabani na amandla amakhulu kunye neprofayili-kodwa bubuchule obufuna ukuzingisa kunye nokuzilolonga.
Kufanelekile ukukhumbuza ababhali abanomdla phaya ukuba andinakufumana incwadi epapashiweyo ndade ndaneminyaka eyi-43. Umntu wezesondo (ukwandiswa kwesidanga sam) samkelwa ngabapapashi abasixhenxe kunye neearhente ezintlanu de ekugqibeleni yakhutshwa njengephepha elinamaphepha angama-700 yiYale University Press ngo-1990. Ndicinga ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba andinakuze ndiyibone ishicilelwa ngexesha lokudla kwam ubomi. Kodwa loo saga yokutyumza kufuneka inike bonke ababhali abalahliweyo ithemba! Ukubeka ubugcisa bokubhala kuqala kuzisa igalelo ekugqibeleni.
UMichael Malice ngumbhali we Mfundi Othandekayo: Imbali engagunyaziswanga kaKim Jong Il . Mlandele kwi-Twitter @imbonangqube .
