Naomi Wolf graduated from Yale in 1984 and was a Rhodes scholar at New College, Oxford University. She is the author of the bestselling feminist books, "The Beauty Myth", "Fire with Fire", "Promiscuities" and "Misconceptions". The New York Times called "The Beauty Myth" one of the 70 most significant books of the century. Wolf was a consulting ...
Violent torment, laid plain to see, cannot be justified or downplayed. The intimate suffering that afflicts women (and men) in the context of domestic violence usually has no witnesses except the perpetrator, the victim and - too often - the children. Without seeing what horror transpired, it is easy for the culture to erase the seriousness of such assaults - to diminish them as a private matter, a lovers' quarrel, an argument that got out of hand but one that is essentially up to the couple to sort out.
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We looked, we chose, we fantasized, we pursued and were pursed, we told story after story about our conquests. Sex with beautiful men, exotic men, new men, taboo men was the glittering prize,
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It's supposed to be slutty to say "I have a condom". Well, we need sluts for the revolution.
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In my weaker or dumber moments, I am perfectly capable of wanting to be surrounded by adoring, nubile seventeen-year old soccer players.
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What's going to happen next, is a big period of objectifying men's bodies.
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Orgasm is the body's natural call to feminist politics.
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Release of her book, "Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries". [2008]
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Release of her book, "Fire with Fire: The New Female Power and How It Will Change the 21st Century". [1993]
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Release of her book, "The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot". [2007]
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Release of her book, "The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women". [1991]
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Release of her book, "The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom From My Father on How to Live, Love and See". [2005]
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Release of her book, "Misconceptions: Truths, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood". [2001]
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Release of her book, "Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood". [1997]
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Daughter of Deborah Goleman, an anthropologist and author of "The Lesbian Community", and Leonard Wolf, an author.
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Attended Lowell High School and debated in regional speech tournaments as a member of the Lowell Forensic Society. Attended Yale University, where she received in 1984 her Bachelor of Arts in English literature; she was a Rhodes Scholar at New College, Oxford University from 1985 to 1987.
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Ex-husband, David Shipley, is opinions editor at the New York Times.
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