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Susan Bordo is known for the clarity, accessibility, and contemporary relevance of her writing. Her first book, The Flight to Objectivity, has become a classic of feminist philosophy. In 1993, increasingly aware of our culture's preoccupation with weight and body image, she published Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body, a book that is still widely read and assigned in classes today. During speaking tours for that book, she encountered many young men who asked, "What about us?" The result was The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and in Private (1999). Both books were highly praised by reviewers, with Unbearable Weight named a 1993 Notable Book by the New York Times and The Male Body featured in Mademoiselle, Elle ...more

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	The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen 3.86 avg rating — 3,061 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan Bordo (Goodreads Author), Leslie Heywood 4.12 avg rating — 1,872 ratings — published 1993 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Destruction of Hillary Clinton 3.81 avg rating — 542 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and in Private 3.90 avg rating — 413 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twilight Zones: The Hidden Life of Cultural Images from Plato to O.J. 3.89 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Flight to Objectivity: Essays on Cartesianism and Culture 3.97 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	TV by Susan Bordo (Goodreads Author), Christopher Schaberg (Series Editor), Ian Bogost (Series Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imagine Bernie Sanders as a Woman: And Other Writings on Politics and Media 2016-2019 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Provocations: A Transnational Reader in the History of Feminist Thought by Susan Bordo (Goodreads Author) (Editor), M. Cristina Alcalde (Editor), Ellen Rosenman (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feminist Interpretations of René Descartes really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“From the day he first made me his, to the last day I made him mine, yes, let me set it down in numbers. I who can count and reckon, and have the time. Of all the days I was his and did not love him—this; and this; and this many. Of all the days I was his—and he had ceased to love me—this many; and this. In days—it comes to a thousand days—out of the years. Strangely, just a thousand. And of that thousand—one—when we were both in love. Only one, when our loves met and overlapped and were both mine and his. When I no longer hated him, he began to hate me. Except for that one day. One day, out of all the years.30”
― Susan Bordo, The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen

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“all historical fiction is really contemporary fiction; you write out of your own time.44”
― Susan Bordo, The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen

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“We must display a boundless capacity to capitulate to desire and indulge in impulse; we must hunger for constant and immediate satisfaction”
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What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like to read in May 2015?

The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen by Susan Bordo

14 votes, 21.9%

The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau

11 votes, 17.2%

Henry VIII's Last Love: The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Willoughby, Lady-in-Waiting to the Tudors by David Baldwin

9 votes, 14.1%

Edward VI: The Lost King of England by Chris Skidmore

8 votes, 12.5%

To the Tower Born: A Novel of the Lost Princes by Robin Maxwell

5 votes, 7.8%

Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

4 votes, 6.3%

The Queen's Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court by Anna Whitelock

3 votes, 4.7%

The Wild Queen by Carolyn Meyer

2 votes, 3.1%

The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory

2 votes, 3.1%

The Forgotten Tudor Women: Margaret Douglas, Mary Howard & Mary Shelton by Sylvia Barbara Soberton

2 votes, 3.1%

Pilgrimage of Grace by Geoffrey Moorhouse

1 vote, 1.6%

The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII: The Womens' Stories by Amy Licence

1 vote, 1.6%

All the Queen's Players by Jane Feather

1 vote, 1.6%

The King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts

1 vote, 1.6%

My Lady of Cleves: A Novel of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves by Margaret Campbell Barnes

0 votes, 0.0%

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