Naomi Wolf

American Author
Naomi Wolf is an American feminist author, journalist, and conspiracy theorist. She became a prominent figure in the third wave of the feminist movement after the publication of her first book, The Beauty Myth, in 1991. In the 1990s, she was a political advisor to the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton and Al Gore. However, her later work has been criticized for its questionable scholarship, and she has been accused of spreading misinformation on various topics.

About Naomi Wolf

Naomi Rebekah Wolf (born 1962) is an American feminist author, journalist, and conspiracy theorist.

After the 1991 publication of her first book, The Beauty Myth, Wolf became a prominent figure in the third wave of the feminist movement. Feminists including Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan praised her work. Others, including Camille Paglia, criticized it. In the 1990s, Wolf was a political advisor to the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

Wolf’s later books include the bestseller The End of America in 2007 and Vagina: A New Biography. Critics have challenged the quality and accuracy of her books’ scholarship; her serious misreading of court records for Outrages (2019) led to its U.S. publication being canceled. Wolf’s career in journalism has included topics such as abortion and the Occupy Wall Street movement in articles for media outlets such as The Nation, The New Republic, The Guardian, and The Huffington Post.

Since around 2014, Wolf has been described by journalists and media outlets as a conspiracy theorist. She has been criticized for posting misinformation on topics such as beheadings carried out by ISIS, the Western African Ebola virus epidemic, and Edward Snowden.

Wolf has objected to COVID-19 lockdowns and criticized COVID-19 vaccines. In June 2021, her Twitter account was suspended for posting anti-vaccine misinformation.

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Frequently asked questions about Naomi Wolf

Naomi Wolf is an American feminist author, journalist, and conspiracy theorist. She is known for her work on the third wave of the feminist movement and her role as a political advisor in the 1990s.

Naomi Wolf’s most well-known book is The Beauty Myth, which was published in 1991 and helped establish her as a prominent figure in the third wave of the feminist movement.

In the 1990s, Naomi Wolf was a political advisor to the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

Naomi Wolf’s later books have been criticized for their questionable scholarship, and she has been accused of spreading misinformation on topics such as beheadings carried out by ISIS, the Ebola virus epidemic, and COVID-19 vaccines.

In June 2021, Naomi Wolf’s Twitter account was suspended for posting anti-vaccine misinformation.

Quotes by Naomi Wolf

‘Beauty’ is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.

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Most urgently, women’s identity must be premised upon our “beauty” so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.

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No matter what a woman’s appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize – as her personal problem – observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.

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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.

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To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.

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Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.

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Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight.

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