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Naomi Wolf is a bestselling American writer. She is known for her advocacy of feminism and progressive politics and became the youngest literary star of what was later described as the third-wave of the feminist movement, which also included Susan Faludi, author of Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women..

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

Wolf, Naomi on diets and dieting
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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."

Wolf, Naomi on pain
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"The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion."

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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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