In this dynamic new book Naomi Wolf explores and celebrates the phenomenon of female sexuality - empirically, imaginatively, anatomically and personally. By following a group of four contemporary girls - including her younger self as they come of age in the seventies, Wolf shows how our culture tries to shape and confine women's desire. Embarking on a voyage of discovery, she illustrates how flawed and prescribed are the notions of what women want, and how these change through the ages - from Taoist techniques for giving women pleasure, to Victorian repression, and the so-called liberated nineties. Drawing on scholarly texts, secret diaries, real life and fantasy, she demonstrates that female sexuality is wilder, more demanding and more powerful than our culture dares to accept.

Promiscuities: An Opinionated History of Female Desire

Politics & Social Sciences

Naomi Wolf

Philosophy

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BEAUTY MYTH, THE

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Beauty, Grooming, & Style

Vintage Classics

The controversial, critically-acclaimed, bestselling book that kickstarted the third wave of feminism is now available with a new introduction and a new look.In 1990, Naomi Wolf published The Beauty Myth - a book that catapulted Wolf into the international spotlight and onto bestseller lists everywhere (88 straight weeks on The Globe and Mail bestseller list). The effects it had on feminist discourse can still be felt today (and in some ways are even more relevant), and the author's new introduction will help put all the controversy, debate, and media it inspired in context for the next millennium.

The Beauty Myth

Social Sciences

Vintage Canada

Argues that the myth of female beauty psychologically undermines the advances achieved by the women's movement, and reveals the tyranny of the beauty myth in women's lives at home and at work, in the media, and in relationships

The Beauty Myth How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women Paperback 5 Sept 1991

William Morrow & Co.

The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

Chatto&Windus

In Misconceptions, bestselling author Naomi Wolf she demythologizes motherhood and reveals the dangers   of common assumptions about childbirth.  With uncompromising honesty she describes   how hormones eroded her sense of independence, ultrasounds tested her commitment   to abortion rights, and the keepers of the OB/GYN establishment lacked compassion.    The weeks after her first daughter’s birth taught her how society, employers, and   even husbands can manipulate new mothers. She had bewildering post partum depression,   but learned that a surprisingly high percentage of women experience it.  Wolf’s   courageous willingness to talk about the unexpected difficulties of childbirth will   help every woman become a more knowledgeable planner of her pregnancy and better   prepare her for the challenges of balancing a career, freedom, and a growing family.    Invaluable in its advice to parents, Misconceptions speaks to anyone connected–personally,   medically, or professionally–to a new mother.

Misconceptions - Truth, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identityIn today’s world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women’s movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. It’s the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society’s impossible definition of “the flawless beauty.”“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.” —New York Times“An important book for women—and men—to read.” —Christian Science Monitor“The most important feminist publication since The Female Eunuch.” —Germaine Greer“Provocative and persuasive.” —Library Journal

Beauty Myth, The

Women's Studies

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The Bodies of Others: The New Authoritarians, COVID-19 and The War Against the Human

All Seasons Press

Beauty Myth Short Edition

Business & Money

Industries

Highly acclaimed author and feminist thinker Naomi Wolf was brought up to believe that personal happiness is something that can be taught - and learned. In this magical book, Naomi shares the enduring wisdom of her father, Leonard Wolf, a well-regarded poet and a teacher for sixty years who believes happiness can be achieved by honouring your inner artist. THE TREEHOUSE begins when Naomi asks her father to help build a treehouse for his granddaughter. Inspired by his dedication to her daughter's imaginative world, she asks her father to walk her through the lessons of his popular poetry class, and show her how he teaches people to see the world with a renewed sense of wonder. Each lesson became a chapter: 'Be Still and Listen,' 'Use Your Imagination', 'Do Nothing Without Passion', 'Your Mistakes are Part of the Draft'. Here is meditation on fathers and daughters, an argument for honouring the creative impulse, and unique instruction in the art of personal happiness.

The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom from My Father on How to Live, Love, and See

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Virago Press

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