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
It is important to distinguish between the power of the Internet to make the great change it can, and the limits and vulnerabilities of that change without real-time political mobilization deployed globally to protect those who venture out, especially in closed societies, into the heady new vistas it offers. Naomi Wolf changeclosedeploy share on social
Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints. Naomi Wolf constraintcontrolideal Change image and share on social
The Tea Party emerged from a laudably grassroots base: libertarians, fervent Constitutionalists, and ordinary people alarmed at the suppression of liberties, whether by George W. Bush or Barack Obama. Naomi Wolf alarmbarackbase Change image and share on social
When I was a baby feminist, leading feminist thinkers were insisting that if women ran the world, there would be no sadism or war. Naomi Wolf babyfeministinsist Change image and share on social
Madonna is that forbidden thing, the Nietzschean creative woman. Her preoccupation with a high level of work doesn't allow her to follow the usual script that powerful women are expected to follow - 'don't hate me for my success, don't hate me for my power.' Naomi Wolf creativeexpectfollow share on social
I don't think most men do hate women at all - I think most men are trying their best and facing a culturation into masculine behaviour that forces them to deny their own humanity and to exaggerate distance from the world of women. Naomi Wolf behaviourculturationdeny share on social
We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society. Naomi Wolf assangeclassifyday share on social
For all the power of video and film, I am not giving up my pen. I am just much more likely to try to link essays to webcasts or videos. The best way for these two media to move forward, to inform and make change, is in tandem; together they are more than the sum of their parts. Naomi Wolf changeessayfilm 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