Historically, when a leader has deployed his own military against civilians, it's never been good. There's never been a time where it's ended well.
Naomi WolfBeauty provokes harassment, the law says, but it looks through men's eyes when deciding what provokes it.
Naomi WolfIt is fairly well-known what has been behind that climate change denial in America: vast sums pumped into an ignorance industry by the oil and gas lobbies.
Naomi WolfA Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem.
Naomi WolfOur society does reward beauty on the outside over health on the inside. Women must not be blamed for choosing short-term beauty "fixes" that harm our long-term health, since our life spans are inverted under the beauty myth, and there is no great social or economic incentive for women to live a long time.
Naomi WolfAs soon as a woman's primary social value could no longer be defined as the attainment of virtuous domesticity, the beauty myth redefined it as the attainment of virtuous beauty. It did so to substitute both a new consumer imperative and a new justification for economic unfairness in the workplace where the old ones had lost their hold over newly liberated women.
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