![]() As a professor, I had the privilege of meeting Naomi when she came to speak at my campus, California Lutheran University, to present “The Beauty Myth.” As you watch this clip of her new DVD, I encourage you to ask yourself (1) How many girls and women do I know who believe in this myth? (2) Which corporations are profiting from their misery?, and (3) What am I doing to reject the myth and help others reject it? Sadly, it’s 18 years later, and her message still resonates with undergrad women (and men) today. If knowledge is power, then I and other feminists were certain that soon the tide would turn - girls and women would stop buying into this myth, stop buying magazines that promoted body-loathing, and we would rebel against unrealistic and unhealthy social norms. ![]() As an undergrad growing into my own version of a third-wave feminist identity in beauty-centric southern California, her words rang so true. I read Naomi’s Wolf’s book The Beauty Myth when it was first published in 1991. ![]()
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