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We as women are trained to see ourselves as cheap imitations of fashion photographs, rather than seeing fashion photographs as cheap imitations of women

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Naomi Wolf
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
Activist
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Conspiracy Theorist
Feminist
Journalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Political Adviser
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San Francisco County
California
Naomi R. Wolf
Naomi Rebekah Wolf
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