The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity

In 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

Naomi Wolf's debut book, The Beauty Myth, was published in 14 countries and is an international bestseller (over 70,000 copies in paperback have been sold in Canada to date). Blazing with Fire, her second book, was likewise favorably welcomed by critics and readers. Wolf has featured on numerous national talk shows and speaks on the topic of young women and feminism to college audiences in Canada and the United States.