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	• Body Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image (Live Girls) Seal Press, 2003 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 21 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

a must read for every woman, especially teenager

If you have a daughter, sister, any young "influencable" woman, get this for her please.

Great book!

I was required to get this book for a women's study course for college. I'm very glad that I did. This is a compliation of many stories from different women, either going through the same thing or versions of the same thing. It would be a great book for teenage girls trying to figure themselves out.

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Funny & Interesting!

I actually enjoyed this one quite a bit...most of the books about "body issues" or female sexuality (or some combination of the two) have, thus far, been by single authors. This one was a compilation of essays by a myriad of women (different ages, sizes, ethnicities) and was a really refreshing change from "hearing" about a given type of woman's "issue" or feelings on size/sexuality/cultural background/family expectations...it was good to hear it "from the horses mouth." I most enjoyed The Chosen People by Tali Edut and Marked for Life: Tattoos and the Redefinition of Self (Talvi)...there were none that I strongly disliked and I found Veiled Intentions: Don't Judge a Muslim Girl by her Covering (Hydar) to be quite interesting and enjoyable when I hadn't expected to like it at all. Padding It: Why I Don't need a Plus-Sized Maxi Pad made me laugh so hard I nearly peed my pants...overall, a great read for the genre! I'd recommend it just for the varied perspectives on body image and fat issues overall. A nice change of pace from my recent reading. I give it a solid B!

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I am giving this book 4 stars. I wanted to give it 3.5. I don't know how to do to this or if it is even possible. Ya...

I bought this book during my introductory phase of my submersion into the pool of information that is feminist theory. That being said I do recommend this book to novices wanting to learn more about why are culture conditions women to hate their bodies. I do believe that in some ways Body Outlaws serves as a crash course in feminist theory. Through the stories of other women this book connects the dots that ultimately make up the picture of our patriarchial culture. This book welcomes all readers. The author has compiled a diverse collection of stories and as a result anybody can find an contributor who they relate to. At the beginning of writing this review I considered saying that the stories in this book were hit or miss (yes, I spent quite some time contemplating what I would write in this review. Doesn't everbody?) but after mulling over it for a minute I questioned my conclusion. Just because I didn't connect with a particular story doesn't mean that another reader won't. We all have different exeperiences. Therefore we all bring something different to the table. This fact does not mean that one story is more valid than another. So in the end I do recommend this book to anyone even those that don't (yet) embrace the label of "feminist".

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Pick up a magazine, turn on the TV, and you'll find few women who haven't been fried, dyed, plucked, or tucked. In short, you'll see no body outlaws. 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. Body Outlaws offers stories by those who have chosen to ignore, subvert, or redefine the dominant beauty standard in order to feel at home in their bodies. In a culture where plastic surgery has become nearly as routine as a root canal, this expanded and updated edition of fresh and incisive commentary challenges the media?s standard notions of beauty with honesty and humor. Included are several new essays outlining the latest trends in the beauty industry such as botox, plastic surgery, and exercise bulimia, as well as a fascinating analysis of how men are affected by these same rigors, a thorough resource section, and a curriculum guide.

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