I wish there were a Camille Paglia not stuck in 1990s pop culture, who could credibly think about Olivia Rodrigo, the memeplex, TikTok, social media in general, the disinformation economy, the staleness and stasis of our culture, and the exhaustion of the ideas of possibility and progress…I could go on.

There’s no one. She has not appeared. And goddamn do we ever need her now.