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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."

Sunday, 27 November 2011

Keeping a Positive Theme!



p.s. Date went fantastic!! I may have got beat at minigolf but I lookied bloomin' gorgeous at the time :)
So in the spirit of continuing a positive attitude I have choosen a new topic:

The 12lbs I've lost so far

Reason for negativity: Things have really slowed down for me recently - its taken 3 months to lose 1 and a half pounds overall (up and down and up and down) I was at a stage were I wanted to give up!

Time for the positive twist, reasons why although I am frustrated at the moment, this WW journey has not been a complete waste of time and money!

First of all I am almost a stone lighter than 8 months ago. Its a slow loss (although my holiday definantly put a large dent in the old figures) but its still a loss. I might still be a size 14, but to be painfully honest with myself I was really a 16 before, and could only get into 14s from shops which tend to be a little more generous with their material allowence anyway!

I am more comfortable in my body...and that refers to both with or without my clothes on ;) I'm not trying to bring the tone of this usually high quality blog down but its a very important part of life, particulary when your 25years old, not being so self-conscious has definantly lead to a discovery of inner-confidence....(lights on!)

I am fitter than before, ok the exercise has definantly been pushed (or rather nudged from a stagnated couch potato position) to one side. But I am living in the middle of noweher, its not safe or accessible to go out walking at night and I haven't got around to finding out about classes etc yet! This is Wednesdays task...until then there isn't much I can do...and accepting that is better than being nieve about it!


Finally....I am nearly a stone closer to goal. Regardless of little i've lost in means i have less to still lose! This is the thought which will triumph as I waddle, then walk, then jog, run and finally sprint to that finish line!

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