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My Take
Naomi Wolf is genuinely hard for me to write about without acknowledging two very different chapters. The Beauty Myth in 1991 made her a leading voice of third-wave feminism, praised by figures like Gloria Steinem, and that book still shapes conversations about appearance and power. What I find striking is the later turn that earned her the conspiracy theorist label, which complicates any simple verdict. A Yale education and a Rhodes Scholarship point to a sharp mind, and that is partly why her trajectory fascinates me. To me she is a cautionary study in how a once-celebrated public intellectual can drift, and I think that tension is the real story.
Overview
Naomi Rebekah Wolf (born 1962) is an American feminist author, journalist, and conspiracy theorist. After the 1991 publication of her first book, The Beauty Myth, Wolf became a prominent figure in the third wave of the feminist movement. Feminists including Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan praised her work. Others, including Camille Paglia, criticized it.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Naomi Wolf
- Name (Japanese)
- ナオミ・ウルフ
- Reading
- なおみ・うるふ
- Born
- November 12, 1962 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Tiger
- Origin
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- political writer / activist / political adviser / non-fiction writer / journalist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Yale University
Awards & achievements
- 1985 Rhodes Scholarship
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Beauty Myth | — | |
| Notable work | The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.