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Mar 2024
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Who's Afraid of Naomi Wolf? [TEASER]

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
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We're finally discussing a good book! Naomi Klein's "Doppelgänger" chronicles the long, steady descent of another Naomi — Wolf (buddy oof) — from feminist icon to crank conspiracist. 

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