Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World is a 2023 memoir and political analysis by Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker Naomi Klein. In it, Klein examines the current climate of political polarization and conspiracy thinking by contrasting Klein's worldview with that of Naomi Wolf, for whom Klein is often confused.
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Naomi Klein is a Canadian author known for her generally left-leaning political views and analysis. Klein is often confused with Naomi Wolf, an American author who originally rose to prominance as a notable third-wave feminist with generally center-left views. However, by the time of writing Wolf had become known for her right-wing political opinions, especially those related to the anti-vaccination movement and other conspiracy theories. The Washington Post's Laura Wagner described the two as both being "White Jewish women" who "published big-idea bestsellers in the '90s" (Wolf wrote The Beauty Myth, Klein No Logo), writing that the two had been casually confused for each other...