Susan Sontag
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Who was a feminist long before I even knew what one was.
So I listened politely as she rambled on about this, that, and the other in my bliss of ignorance of lesbianism and marveling at the magnificent streak of white going back across that thick black hair.
What kind of cultural impression did I take from it all ? Next to none, but I was a creature always willing to try new things and for a boorish brute of a recently honorably discharged sailor I took it all in stride and made all efforts to be socially acceptable. You see, at that time I was rarely socially acceptable and my tastes borderline with everything your mama told you to avoid.
Over the years I came to understand a bit more about Susan Sontag than I did back at that time. She was one of those multicultural media artist types into writing, film, philosophy, teaching (of leftist libtard course) and spoke about a variety of topics on the lecture circuit.
Much of her existence could be summed up in a variety of metaphors and we are (and were) total opposites in every way a person may be opposite from another.
Described as "one of the most influential critics of her generation" all I wanted to do at that point in time was maybe get in her pants and see if she boinked as well as she bellyached.
Controversy having never been lost on me I think I could have given her and Annie Leibovitz a good run for their money during that time frame. We would have made an excellent trifecta of lesibians back when I was young and my interests could be tamed one way or another.
No luck with all of that now, however.
Susan Sontag died at 71 from a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow with excess immature white blood cells.
I guess everything else got all that maturity she exuded on the public stage.
Rest in peace.