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A Woman of Parts
National Review ^ | 9/23/12 | Florence King

Posted on 09/23/2012 5:05:57 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender

Review by Florence King of Vagina: A New Biography, by Naomi Wolf

If you thought there was nothing new to say about female sexuality, you don’t know Naomi Wolf’s gift for saying nothing new about anything. In her 1991 bestseller, The Beauty Myth, she revealed that attractive women are luckier than homely women. A human shoehorn, she used her subsequent fame to ease herself into the role of political consultant in the 2000 presidential race and reveal that Al Gore has the personality of a tree.


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Here's a great line from the review.

Seeing the name “Anaïs Nin” on a page is like seeing a funnel cloud in Kansas: You know what’s coming.

1 posted on 09/23/2012 5:05:59 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: vbmoneyspender

Oh, please, Lord, could the Sixties just be OVER?


2 posted on 09/23/2012 5:12:34 PM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: vbmoneyspender
Another New York Times highly recommended book I can spare myself the trouble of considering reading.
3 posted on 09/23/2012 6:03:28 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: vbmoneyspender
The nice monogamous Jewish girl in me once again drew the line.

Why would such a person graphically expose her views on the female genitals to the mass media? I know: It's complicated.

4 posted on 09/23/2012 6:04:19 PM PDT by Calusa (The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles. Quoth Bob Dylan.)
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To: vbmoneyspender
I have no idea who or what an Anais Nin is but I get the feeling that I don't want to know.

I do love Florence King though so thank you for posting this.

5 posted on 09/23/2012 6:16:57 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Fate plays chess and you don't find out until too late that he's been using two queens all along)
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Oh, sorry; I got into this thread by mistake. I saw
Florence King of Vagina: A New Biography, by Naomi Wolf and thought,

King of Vagina? What did they find out about me?

6 posted on 09/23/2012 6:21:25 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: stormhill

LOL


7 posted on 09/23/2012 6:31:10 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: vbmoneyspender

An insult to all trees.

“Al Gore has the personality of a tree.”


8 posted on 09/23/2012 7:29:36 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: vbmoneyspender

Or possibly who’s coming.


9 posted on 09/23/2012 8:59:53 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
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