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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women | ||
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Bodylove: Learning to Like Our Looks and Ourselves -- A Practical Guide for Women Rita Freedman This book is for women who want to become less critical about their appearance, less preoccupied with weight and more in love with themselves – physically, sexually, and emotionally. Combining vivid case histories, practical techniques and simple exercises for moving from body-loathing to body-love, the book addresses family expectations, self-esteem, aging and social values. 2002, Gurze Books | ||
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Body Traps: Breaking the Binds that Keep You From Feeling Good About Your Body Judith Rodin Author Rodin, Dean of the Graduate School at Yale and head of an eating disorder clinic, describes women’s obsessions with their bodies and offers strategies for breaking these “body traps.” Strongly recommended for those who want to throw out the tyranny of the mirror. 1992, HarperCollins | ||
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Can’t Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel Jean Kilbourne The dream-like promise of advertising is designed to leave us hungry for more. This book critiques the effect of advertising on self-esteem and provides needed insight into the way the media affects us. “This book should be required reading for every female high school freshman. Every woman who has dieted, picked herself apart for her appearance or stared longingly at a magazine layout needs to read this book.” (an Amazon reader-reviewer) 2000, Free Press | ||
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Fat Girl: A True Story Judith Moore This breath-takingly frank memoir is not for the faint of heart. The author states, "This is a story about an unhappy fat girl who became a fat woman who was happy and unhappy." She tells of a heart-breaking childhood marked by obesity, parental abuse, sexual assault, self-loathing, and school-yard bullying. By her candor and audacity in self-description, Moore has raised the stakes for autobiography. 2005, Hudson Street Press | ||
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Minding the Body: Women Writers on Body and Soul Patricia Foster, ed. Well-known writers contribute vivid portraits in which they explore their relationships to their bodies. They describe dealing with cancer and chemotherapy, pregnancy and infertility, anorexia, aging, multiple sclerosis, diets and plastic surgery. The book is an inspiring testimony to the female spirit and offers examples of women who lead lives that demonstrate the connection between the love for one’s body as it is and the love one feels for the earth. 1995, Anchor | ||
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Some Body to Love: A Guide to Loving the Body You Have Leslea Newman “This book is for fat women, thin women, tall women, short women, women of color, white women, Jewish women, old women, young women, lesbians and heterosexual women. This book is for any woman who wishes or who has wished that her body was a different shape or size.” (from the back cover) 1991, Third Side Press | ||
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Transforming Body Image: Learning to Love the Body You Have Marcia Hutchinson In this compassionate and encouraging book, the author sets forth a program designed to improve “body esteem.” She provides tools to help the reader get to know one’s body image, determine the role models one formed during childhood and pinpoint the sub-personalities that take part in the ongoing struggle with one’s body. A practical guide to reclaiming positive feelings towards one’s body; filled with exercises, creative visualizations and encouragement. 1985, Ten Speed Press |
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