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Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions.

Tom Wolfe

Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers · 1970

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Wolfe, Tom. "Radical Chic." Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. Originally an essay called "These Radical Chic Evenings." New York Magazine, June 1970.

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