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Body Image
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A Hunger So Wide and So Deep: American Women Speak Out on Eating Problems
by Becky W. Thompson This book describes how the theory that eating disorders affect only white, middle-class femals is incorrect, and examines the different ways eating disorders affect women from different backgrounds. |
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Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes
by the Guerrilla Girls The Guerrilla Girls, notorious for their outrageous take on women's issues, now tackle the maze of stereotypes that follow women from cradle to grave. |
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Body Outlaws : On Body Image and Identity
by Ophira Edut The writers in this groundbreaking anthology reveal a world where bodies come in all their many-splendored shapes, sizes, colors, and textures. In doing so, they expand the national dialogue on body image to include race, ethnicity, sexuality, and power-issues that, while often overlooked, are intimately linked to how women feel about their bodies. |
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Fat Chance
by Leslea Newman A novel for young teens about body image and eating disorders, written in a voice they will recognize. The main character's unpretentious confessional will sound achingly familiar to girls struggling with self-image: the angst and the details are perfect. |
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I'm Gonna Like Me : Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem
by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell Actor Jamie Lee Curtis and winsome illustrator Laura Cornell continue their successful collaboration (Today I Feel Silly, When I Was Little, et al.) with this paean to poise and self-assurance, I'm Gonna Like Me. Young readers will like Curtis's words and the rhythmic repetition, but it's Cornell's scribbling, reminiscent of the New Yorker's Roz Chast, that makes the book stand out. |
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Stolen Women : Reclaiming Our Sexuality, Taking Back Our Lives
by Dr. Gail Elizabeth Wyatt Gail Elizabeth Wyatt's Stolen Women explores how body identities are often shaped by deeply rooted myths and cultural stereotypes. |
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The Looks Book
by Rebecca Odes, Esther Drill and Heather McDonald As exciting to look at as it is to read, The Looks Book is guaranteed to be a must-have book for teens and young women. A fascinating exploration of the history, culture, science, and business of beauty, this is the first book to empower women to simply have fun with their looks. |
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The Male Body : A New Look at Men in Public and in Private
by Susan Bordo Men's (and women's) ideas about men's bodies are heavily influenced by society's expectations, and Bordo helps us understand where those ideas come from. |
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Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body, Tenth Anniversary Edition
by Susan Bordo Bordo explores women's obsessions with appearance, their struggles to control food and hunger, and the pressures brought on by a society that worships the ideal female figure. |