Body Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image
In a culture where plastic surgery has become nearly as routine a procedure 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. 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 assembled here celebrate the body in all its splendored shapes, sizes, colors and textures. In doing...
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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.
ForewordIntroductionMy brown face3Klaus Barbie, and other dolls i'd like to see14The butt: its politics, its profanity, its power22The skinny on small32Becoming la mujer38Destination 12047Memoirs of a (sorta) ex-shaver55My jewish nose62To apu, with love68Fishnets, feather boas and fat78The chosen people88Food for our souls96Strip!104Lucy, I'm home114The art of the ponytail124Beauty secrets133Mirror, Mirror on the wall144Intimate enemies152Appraising god's property159Dancing toward redemption165Conquering the fear of a fat body: the journey toward myself176Breaking the model188Body image: third wave feminism's issue?196All-american girls: jock chic, body image and sports201Marked for life: tattoos and the redefinition of self211At home in my body: an Asian-American athlete searches for self219Inner visions225Sizing myself up: tales of a plus-size model232Not of reality241Size queen: a gay guy on girth242To live and diet in l.a.: a vegan tour of lipo-land250Veiled intentions: don't judge a muslim girl by her covering258Parisian peel266Shrink rap: what I learned as an eating disorders therapist279Cro-magnon karma: one dude and his body image issues287The elephant and the ice cream: emotions, politics and food299Over the knife (or why I'll never be carnie wilson)309Padding it: why I don't need a plus-size maxi pad318CurriculumBody image mad libs: uncover your fairy tale321Write your own autobiography: changing the body story in your head324Quiz: how well do you know the media?325A guide to bodylovin' organizations331Bodylovin' bookshelf337About the contributors353
