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. Naomi Wolf believehysteriamadness Change image and share on social
My job is to notice echoes and notice resonances. Scientists are not supposed to do the same thing that cultural critics do. Naomi Wolf criticculturalecho Change image and share on social
Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our 'beauty' so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air. Naomi Wolf airapprovalbeauty Change image and share on social
'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact. Naomi Wolf agebeautybelief share on social
In 70s America, protest used to be very effective, but in subsequent decades municipalities have sneakily created a web of 'overpermiticisation' - requirements that were designed to stifle freedom of assembly and the right to petition government for redress of grievances, both of which are part of our first amendment. Naomi Wolf 70samendmentamerica share on social
Since Reagan there has been this tradition, which has become a cliche, of promising morning in America, this fake optimism, we're the best, the city on the hill. In fact the great American task is self-scrutiny. Naomi Wolf americaamericancity share on social
What, after all, is the narrative of 'the American Dream?' It was a discourse formulated between the 1880s and the 1920s in the United States during the great waves of migration and expansion and reforms of the Progressive Era. Naomi Wolf 1880s1920samerican share on social
After we were hit on September 11, 2001, we were in a state of national shock. Less than six weeks later, on October 26 2001, the U.S.A. Patriot Act was passed by a Congress that had little chance to debate it; many said that they scarcely had time to read it. Naomi Wolf actchancecongress share on social
Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective. Naomi Wolf businessdisruptiveeffective Change image and share on social
The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or right. Naomi Wolf amendmentbusinessdesign Change image and share on social