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Naomi Klein

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first: 2023-09-07
most recent: 2023-09-07
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“Things went really off the rails because we were all online too much. I know I was looking for some simulation of the friendship and community that we were missing. I wasn't particularly active online in that period, and she became hyperactive”
2023-09-07 · On with Kara Swisher · What Naomi Klein Found Down the Steve Bannon Rabbit Hole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“She also was well known for being a controversial advisor to Al Gore. She was involved in the Democratic Party. She became a political consultant. She advised Al Gore on how to attract women voters in the 2000 election. And then she wrote lots of other books. And I didn't used to get confused with her because I also write books. I'm also named Naomi. I also have brown hair that sometimes goes blonde from over highlighting. But I would generally, my work has been focused on the economy. Democracy, climate change, and she was writing about women's issues, but about a decade and a half ago, she started writing work that kind of overlapped a little bit with mine. But I say in the book kind of put through, I'm not very nice, but a little bit of a bonkers blender with a lot of the facts removed about states of emergency. And then during COVID.”
2023-09-07 · On with Kara Swisher · What Naomi Klein Found Down the Steve Bannon Rabbit Hole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And it was about what it sounded like, it was about female beauty ideals. It sort of got paired a lot in the media with Susan Falludi's backlash because it had a backlash thesis. It was basically arguing that women were having to meet these model-like beauty standards in the workplace because they had just broken the glass ceiling and it was kind of a conspiracy to hold women back.”
2023-09-07 · On with Kara Swisher · What Naomi Klein Found Down the Steve Bannon Rabbit Hole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So, who she is? I first became aware of her when I was in, I think second year undergrad. She wrote a blockbuster book that kind of took the world by storm. I was a baby feminist on campus called The Beauty Myth. Yeah.”
2023-09-07 · On with Kara Swisher · What Naomi Klein Found Down the Steve Bannon Rabbit Hole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Maybe you can never be sure. That's right. I guess you'll have to just take my word for it. Also, she has better hair than me.”
2023-09-07 · On with Kara Swisher · What Naomi Klein Found Down the Steve Bannon Rabbit Hole · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT