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Naomi Wolf
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American feminist and journalist (born 1962)
OverviewAI-generated
Naomi Wolf is an author who began her professional work period in 1990. Born on November 12, 1962, she has published twenty-five works according to Open Library records. Her notable titles include *The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women*, *Outrages*, and *Vagina : una nueva biografía de la sexualidad femenina. - 1. edición*. Crossref data indicates she has five associated works.
Wolf’s writings address social issues, with quotes noting that the beauty myth prescribes behavior rather than appearance. She has also stated that beauty provokes harassment, though laws often look through men's eyes when deciding what constitutes such provocation. MusicBrainz lists her as a person from Germany. Her social media presence includes 217,895 followers, and she is referenced by 154 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1962
- Works
- 25
Top works
- Esh be-esh
- Vagina : una nueva biografía de la sexualidad femenina. - 1. edición
- The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women
- Outrages
- War Room / DailyClout Pfizer Documents Analysis Volunteers' Reports EBook
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 221
- Total plays
- 537
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- Development and testing of a general amber force field
· 2004 · cited 18,196x
- Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems
· 2013 · cited 14,151x
- UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age
· 2015 · cited 12,382x
- The Unity and Diversity of Executive Functions and Their Contributions to Complex “Frontal Lobe” Tasks: A Latent Variable Analysis
· 2000 · cited 11,838x
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Quotes
- “The beauty myth is always actually prescribing behavior and not appearance.”
- “Beauty provokes harassment, the law says, but it looks through men's eyes when deciding what provokes it.”
- “To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren't is to learn inequality in little ways all day long. So even if we agree that sexual imagery is in fact a language, it is clearly one that is already heavily edited to protect men’s sexual—and hence social—confidence while undermining that of women.”
- “What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her 'beauty' his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained no friend, no ally, no mutual trust: She knows quite well why she has been chosen. He has succeeded in buying a mutually suspicious set of insecurities. He does gain something: the esteem of other men who find such an acquisition impressive.”
- “The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her 'beauty.' Her reproductive value, as the 'aesthetic' value of her face and body today, 'came to be seen as a sacred trust, one that she must constantly guard in the interest of her race.'”
- “Health makes good propaganda. “'Proof' that women's activities outside the home are detrimental to the health and welfare of themselves, their families and the country as a whole” lent impetus, writes Ann Oakley, to the nineteenth-century cult of domesticity. The ovaries were seen as collective property rather than the woman's own business, as the face and body outline are seen today. Who can argue with health?”
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Key facts
- Born
- Naomi Rebekah Wolf , 1962 (age 63 – 64), San Francisco , California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Author political consultant journalist
- Education
- Yale University ( BA ), New College, Oxford ( DPhil )
- Notable works
- The Beauty Myth (1991), The End of America (2007), Misconceptions (2001), Fire with Fire (1993), Outrages (2019)
- Spouse
- David Shipley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1993 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2005 ) Brian O'Shea ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2018 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Naomi
- Family name
- Wolf
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- New College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Rhodes Scholarship
- Field of work
- brainwashing
- Image
- Naomi Wolf speaking at a press conference in New York's Foley Square on March 28, 2012.jpg
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- social media followers
- 72897
- Commons category
- Naomi Wolf
- date of birth
- 1962-11-12
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- website account on
- Gettr
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Naomi Wolf” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.