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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."

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Goodbye my Faithful Class! I Knew you Well!

Had a rather emotional weigh-in today at class.

Don't panic I haven't put anything on (STS actually)

But it was my LAST weigh-in at the class that I intend because on Sunday I am moving to East Ayrshire and will have to find a new class to join.

It's the new job - the commute is too far so my wonderful aunt and uncle have agreed to let me stay with them during the week. My class is on a Tuesday night so there is no way I could stay at it!

I have been advised that there is an award winning leader in East Ayrshire named Christine (if anyone knows her please let me know). So I will endeavor to seek her out and join her flock, with the hopes that she will look after me as much as Lena, my Inverkip leader, has done so far.

I have lost 1 stone at Lena's class, she taught me the basics, always with a smile on her face! She is funny and kind but can give you a verbal kick up the jacksie when you need it most! She has been a great leader and a great inspiration and I have been proud as one of her members!

I will still be attending the WW christmas night out with them! And I now have the motivation that I need to make sure I work extra hard to look great for that night. Because I definitely want to make Lena proud of me!

p.s. the picture is of me in the dress that I want to wear to said Xmas evening shenanigans! This was about 4 years ago!
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