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The Beauty Myth

The Beauty Myth is a nonfiction book by Naomi Wolf which argues that as women have become more powerful in society the standards of physical appearance have also grown.

Wolf believes that "beauty" is a societal construct:

"The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly and heavily and cruelly images of female beauty have come to weigh upon us... during the past decade, women breached the power structure; meanwhile, eating disorders rose exponentially and cosmetic surgery became the fastest-growing specialty... pornography became the main media category, ahead of legitimate films and records combined, and thirty-three thousand American women told researchers that they would rather lose ten to fifteen pounds than achieve any other goal...More women have more money and power and scope and legal recognition than we have ever had before; but in terms of how we feel about ourselves physically, we may actually be worse off than our unliberated grandmothers."

Friday, 2 September 2011

Good things come in threes....

And so, unfortunately, does the bad! Why is it that a you never have a week where you have one meal out or one lunch date or one (insert a food-related potential weight-watcher nightmare here).

So this week I had a conference that I wanted to attend - I love a good conference, you get to listen to interesting people, network, thrash out potent social issues. I actually met an academic hero of mine, nearly keeled over when I realised who he was. Shamelessly introduced myself though during on the tea breaks and gushed about how influential and useful his work was....to me anyway. I tell ya something - academics LOVE it when that happens. Steven Hicks has a groupie HAHA!!

But alas conference lunches are another matter (EVIL THING 1) its all mayonnaise - lots of mayonnaise - and PASTRIES!!! I used to love a conference lunch but my head knew that I had to make a sacrifice somewhere and dinner was more important. So I stuck to the ham salad sandwiches and took a 1 point yogurt and some fruit with me, drank tons of water and tried to avoid the PASTRIES!!!

Having successfully navigated that particular minefield I then met my friend for dinner, at an Italian (EVIL THING 2). Now I know....I know....that I should have chosen a tomato based sauce - I know! But di'maggios fusilli espanola is just too delicious: chicken, chorizo, white sauce and cheese....to die for! And of course my friend had just pasted her masters degree so a large glass of wine was required....

Then of course there is the pudding.....like the example shown in the picture. The example which was also the pudding that I had at this dinner!!

.......................................................................moving on then!

The difficult thing with eating out is when you do decide to have a blow out the points are a nightmare to work out. So I scanned the eating out guide and picked a similar white sauce pasta and ice cream sundae and that is the best I can do I'm afraid. Need to hope the exercise I am doing - because I never touch those points - is making a difference!

What's that? Oh EVIL THING 3 - I have a night out for a friends birthday on Saturday night, and only 22 points....6 drinks - which where I come from, is the warm up session!!
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