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Explores the phenomenon of the violent backlash against feminism that uses images of female beauty as a political weapon against women's advancement.
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About the Author
Naomi Wolf graduated from Yale in 1984 and won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University. The Beauty Myth was published in 14 countries (over 66,000 copies sold in paperback in Canada to date) and became an instant bestseller. Wolf has appeared on many talk shows and speaks to college audiences across North America.
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Explores the phenomenon of the violent backlash against feminism that uses images of female beauty as a political weapon against women's advancement.
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phenomenon of the violent backlash against feminism that uses images of female beauty as a political weapon against women's advancement.
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Wolf's valuable study, documenting societal pressures on women to conform to a standard of beauty, hit PW 's hardcover bestseller list for one week.
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