I personally take what she says with a grain of sand, and furthermore, I don't read her books. Read parts of Slander, but I don't follow her literary career. But also, I find it kind of funny that so many people on the left go clear haywire over her when there are so many spokespeople for the 'loony left.' And then there's freedom of speech, which oddly covers flag-burning, but we'll go over the edge when she comes out and says something crazy. I guess it depends on how well or not they confirm how many of our positions.
I don't think she's 'hot,' btw, but she's certainly not bad looking.