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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."

Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Festive Season: Sparkles, food, family and the flu!

Hey all!

I hope you've all had an amazing Christmas and are enjoying the rest of your festive season!

This is just a quick note to let you all know that my Christmas has been amazing! Not only have I spent time with all my friends and family but there is also a new romance on the horizon :)

Remember that leap of faith I talked about?? It involved a phone number on the back of a reciept - my sober, him sober...

So far we've had 3 dates and its all looking very well! A stone ago I would never had had the confidence to give a guy my number, especially a guy as good looking as this one. Fingers crossed it may continue :)

So anyways at this point in time I am very ill with the flu and therefore bored! On the other hand I just bought 4 dresses in the boohoo.com sale - and I know I am going to look amazing in them all :D
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