Camille Paglia, professor of humanities at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia at the time of this recording, discusses her book, Vamps and Tramps: New Essays (1994), a collection of short essays on topics including art, feminism, and free speech. She discusses her dissenting views on political correctness and modern American culture, and her controversial support of the reduction of the age of consent, pornography, drug legalization, and abortion. Paglia's previous works include Sexual Personae (1990), and Sex, Art and American Culture (1992).