false 39926 11 In a country where the average woman is 5-foot-4 and weighs 140 pounds, movies, advertisements, and MTV saturate our lives with unrealistic images of beauty. The tall, nearly emaciated mannequins that push the latest miracle cosmetic make even the most confident woman question her appearance. Feminist Naomi Wolf argues that women's insecurities are heightened by these images, then exploited by the diet, cosmetic, and plastic surgery industries. Every day new products are introduced to "correct" inherently female "flaws," drawing women into an obsessive and hopeless cycle built around the attempt to reach an impossible standard of beauty. Wolf rejects the standard and embraces the naturally distinct beauty of all women. 836516 book 1991 The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women total:1656|5:435|4:701|3:410|2:84|1:26| 1656 6403 2759 179 2 4 false false Sat Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 07:48:56 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 17:32:00 -0700 2008
I feel like I have been extremely negative about the last few books I've reviewed, so it's a shame that this is the other one I have left to write up. Because those other books were the ones I was reading to avoid this one!

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Wolf's basic premise is that "beauty" is an artifical concept that is used systematically to oppress women primarily for political purpose...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Aug 08 09:53:21 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 18:18:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 21:05:32 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 21:22:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Feb 07 08:06:57 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 08 09:29:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 31 17:50:38 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 18:09:46 -0800 2009 The Beauty Myth, I expected to find it difficult to digest, but in fact it's an easy read. I suppose I simply forgot to take into account the presence of the usual anti-feminist messages in nearly everything we hear. Funny how we're expected to do that.

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It is an extremely important book in modern (third wave) feminism, and therefore I think should be read by anyone who either considers themslef to have feminist views, or is interested in femin...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 21 10:03:09 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 21:58:29 -0700 2009
The style can only be described as "this is the reason so many people are afraid of non-fiction". While her actual points are not difficult to gras...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 14 09:37:27 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 11:48:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 29 10:09:26 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 05 11:09:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 20:06:11 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 14:36:48 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 16 12:17:53 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 17 08:42:40 -0700 2008 Promiscuities, with great perception, thoroughness of research, sensitivity, and poignancy that resonates long after the book's been put away. I learned so much fr...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 14:06:33 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 13:41:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu May 17 23:24:45 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 16 21:01:41 -0800 2008 more...]]>