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I was ignorant but curious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Wolf
She's got a Doctorate of Philosophy in English Literature from Oxford, is a feminist author, and conspiracy theorist. At a glance I can understand why she's developed a reputation of a certain color.
Care to share any specific grievances?
I overestimated the popularity of that quote!
It's as described elsewhere in the thread. She was an academic with good but incomplete early work, that pivoted hard into the conspiracy world. However because of some almost spooky but incidental similarities to the excellent Naomi Klein, the two were constantly mistaken for one another.
I highly recommend Klein's book Doppleganger. It's an analysis of the modern tech/media space that I imagine would very much appeal to the Fediverse user base.
Oh wow, I'd heard of her positively in the past, but yeah, she's really summed up as "a conspiracy theorist who found feminism first". Even where I agree with her, she's definitely not who I want representing those ideas.
She once suggested periods happen due to vaccines. Likes complaining about 5G in her spare times too.
Oh, buddy. Ooooof.