Posted on 10/27/2019 6:35:37 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Feminist Naomi Wolf’s new book has been canceled by its U.S. publisher after questions of accuracy were raised in Great Britain.
Wolf’s dispute with Houghton Mifflin arose after the book “Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalization of Love” was published in the U.K. and a BBC interviewer in May challenged her research on sodomy executions in Victorian Britain, according to reports. The book delves into the persecution of homosexuality during that era. […]
Wolf, known for such best-sellers as “The Beauty Myth” and “Misconceptions,” has had her scholarship challenged before.
In “The Beauty Myth,” she wrote that anorexia caused the deaths of 150,000 women a year, a number widely regarded as inflated. …
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
A militant feminist using inaccuracy as one of the basic tools in her snap-on toolbox?
Gee, who would thunk it? :P
Based on the author's name, there is a good chance that English is his first language, but this passage definitely calls for a qualified editor; does this refer to execution because of sodomy, or execution by sodomy? I thought the practiioners preferred a slow death caused by AIDS with drug cocktails to while away the time...
Jeeze, doesn’t look like a feminist. Earings, hair managed, lipstick.
But I’d have check the armpits for a final answer.
This lady wrote an entire book based on an old English legal term that she misunderstood. The term meant exactly the opposite of what she thought it meant.
LOL!
You might also need to open the drapes and take a look.
She was Al Gore s Clothing guru!
Another ATHEIST jew spewing her ignorance.
“Death by buff-buff!!”
The armpits might not give an accurate answer.
For example, a woman who has had armpit surgery might not feel comfortable shaving.
The AP reported that publishers rarely fact-check books, citing time and expense.
1) That the book was so bad , too obvious?
or
2) That there still is some leadership in the publishing industry and we should be encouraged.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_Mifflin_Harcourt
That could be why she takes care of her appearance, which IMO is pretty darn good for a woman of 56.
It is a shame that her head is so messed up inside.
Here is how and why it happened. A reminder to all of us to shine the light. But to shine the light we need to know a lie when we see it.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/naomi-wolf-bbc-interview-error-book-executions
It is every author’s biggest nightmare – getting called out live on air for featuring factually incorrect information in your new upcoming book.
Agree. I also knew something was wrong when I sniffed my computer when her face was on it, and it DIDN’T stink. Sad, she’s such an idiot leftist, otherwise living what appears to be a solid conservative lifestyle (sadly just like my parents).
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the book’s publisher in the U.S., told the New York Times called the issue an “unfortunate error,” but said that the “the overall thesis of the book ‘Outrages’ still holds.”
fake but accurate.
Yes, she is ignorant. But not really much of a Jew. She supports Hamas, for example.
But since you like to call out progressive JINOs, I would hope you would also note the many conservative, patriotic Jews such as David Horowitz, Mark Levin, Dennis Prager, Ezra Levant, Ben Shapiro, Blennos et al. Yes, there are some rotten left-wing Jews. I despise them for being left-wing. Bu there are many more left-wing non-Jews in this world then Jewish. Let's try to be fair.
Unfactual but true. Endorsed by Joe Biden.
Feminists — is there anything they don’t know?
Exactly. The "executed" were home before the judge was. Still, if there's a choice between truth and narrative, the Left will go with the narrative every time.
...a BBC interviewer in May challenged her research on sodomy executions in Victorian Britain... Wolf... has had her scholarship challenged before.
Thanks Olog-hai.
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