false <![CDATA[Body Drama]]> 1225592 2 <B>“You’d think a Miss America swimsuit winner would feel completely confident about her body, right? Not always! So I decided to write the book I wish I’d had as a teen and in college—an honest, funny, practical, medically accurate, totally reassuring guide to how women’s bodies actually look, smell, feel, behave, and change. Alongside real-deal photographs of women just like you and me (no airbrushing, no supermodels, no kidding) you’ll find medical pictures of things you need to be able to recognize, true confessions by yours truly, and the encouragement you need to appreciate the uniqueness, strength, and beauty of your body. What are you waiting for?”<BR> –Nancy Redd </B> <BR><BR> From fashion magazines to taboo Web sites, curious young women have access to tons of old wives’ tales about and thousands of airbrushed and inaccurate images of the female body—misinformation and harmful portrayals that can lead to low self-esteem, self-destructive acts, or even disturbing plastic surgery procedures. Teaming up with a leading physician specializing in adolescent health issues, Harvard graduate and former Miss Virginia Nancy Redd now offers a down-to-earth, healing, and reassuring response to those damaging myths. In <I>Body Drama</I>, Redd gives girls insight into the issues they’re often too ashamed to raise with a doctor or parent. She also reveals her own experiences with the culture of “American beauty,” and shows readers all the many versions of “normal.” From body hair and bras, to acne and weight issues, along with crucial issues such as the importance of a healthy self image, <I>Body Drama</I> is a groundbreaking book packed with informative fast facts, FYIs, how-tos, and moving personal anecdotes as well as hundreds of un-retouched photographs. A highly visual book, it’s the first of its kind for women: filled with real information and real photographs of real bodies, to celebrate all our different shapes and sizes. <BR><BR> Named by <I>Glamour</I> magazine as one of America’s top-ten college women “most likely to succeed—at anything,” Redd has spent the most recent years of her life on a mission to tackle the issues least discussed but most significant in young women’s lives. Celebrating the many versions of “normal,” and replacing seriously erroneous information with the honest, medically proven truth in a language all girls can understand, <I>Body Drama</I> dares to empower a new generation—with facts instead of fantasies, and the priceless gift of self-knowledge. 1214106 27 12 2007 Body Drama total:108|5:51|4:42|3:6|2:7|1:2| 108 457 177 55 4 1 false false Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 16:57:50 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 10:52:44 -0700 2008 Overall I thought...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Mar 22 09:05:29 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 07 19:17:26 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 22 09:05:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 05 05:54:16 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 03 08:44:35 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 15:29:20 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 15:31:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 10:51:32 -0800 2008 Mon May 19 20:44:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 09:32:41 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 09:38:03 -0800 2008 Our Bodies, Ourselves when my mother bought it for me in the early '70s. So I bought an updated edition for my own daughter a year or two ago. I don't think she's opened it, not even once.

Here comes Body Drama by Nancy Redd, which is SO different. It's all about the body, desi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 02 19:16:51 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 19:21:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 12 17:16:20 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 17:16:43 -0700 2009 “You’d think a Miss America swimsuit winner would feel completely confident about her body, right? Not always! So I decided to write the book I wish I’d had as a teen and in college— an honest, funny, practical, medically accurate, totally reassuring guide to how wom...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 20 22:21:37 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 22:21:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 08:31:14 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 08:33:56 -0800 2008 The author is a Harvard grad with a mission to unveil the not so lady-like things that can go on/with/in a woman's bod. She is hilarious, and made me feel 100% better about my wo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 09:26:08 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 09:32:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 07:46:58 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 06:49:39 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 12:13:47 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 12:13:47 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 21:38:17 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 21:38:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 05:33:33 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 05:37:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 09 15:28:48 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 08:30:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 13 03:11:31 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 20:25:03 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 03:11:31 -0700 2008
Since I started this job of reviewing about a year and a half ago, I've had the privilege of reading a number of self-help type books geared towards girls and women and their bodies. I have to admit that none have been as comprehensive, helpful, and rea...more...]]> 5 0 true false Sat Sep 26 07:42:46 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 07:50:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 22 10:52:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 18:21:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 09 10:28:11 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 10:52:03 -0700 2008
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