Quote by Naomi Wolf
Most urgently, womens identity must be premised upon our beauty so

Most urgently, womens identity must be premised upon our beauty so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air. – Naomi Wolf

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No matter what a womans appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize – as her personal problem – observations she makes about the beauty myth in society. – Naomi Wolf

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Beauty
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Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight. – Naomi Wolf

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Beauty is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact. – Naomi Wolf

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Younger women have no problem in reconciling beauty with ambitions as a professional woman. – Camille Paglia

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Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love. – Bryant McGill

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Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The closest thing I use to beauty products is the grease on the pizza from Johns Pizzeria. – Mark Feuerstein

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