There was a bad patch in the '80s and early '90s when feminist thinkin…

Naomi Wolf
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There was a bad patch in the '80s and early '90s when feminist thinking had become sort of a monopoly and had developed a series of litmus tests. ✨ Naomi Wolf answers your questions, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2001.
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