The Beauty Myth (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)

Naomi Wolf is a bestselling American writer known for her advocacy of feminism and progressive politics. She studied at Yale before becoming a Rhodes Scholar at New College Oxford and working in Edinburgh. She became internationally famous with the publication of her first book <i>The Beauty Myth</i> in 1991 and has gone on to write many subsequent titles including: <i>Fire with Fire Promiscuities Misconceptions</i> <i>The Tree House </i>and <i>Vagina: A New Biography.</i> <p><b>Vintage Feminism: c</b><b>lassic feminist texts in short form</b><br><br>WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR<br><br>Every day women around the world are confronted with a dilemma – how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. In this shortened edition you will find the essence of Wolf’s groundbreaking book. It is a radical gripping and frank exposé of the tyranny of the beauty myth its oppressive function and the destructive obsession it engenders.</p> A smart angry insightful book and a clarion call to freedom. Every woman should read it Powerful... No other work has...so honestly depicted the confusion of accomplished women who feel emotionally and physically tortured by the need to look like movie stars The most important feminist publication since <i>The Female Eunuch </i> A brilliant bracing book...The world has changed - a bit - over the past decade and a half but not enough: this remains essential reading Essential reading <p><b>Vintage Feminism: c</b><b>lassic feminist texts in short form</b><br><br>WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR<br><br>Every day women around the world are confronted with a dilemma – how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. In this shortened edition you will find the essence of Wolf’s groundbreaking book. It is a radical gripping and frank exposé of the tyranny of the beauty myth its oppressive function and the destructive obsession it engenders.</p>