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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."

Monday, 16 April 2012

Slightly less successful week 2 with 2 days to weigh in

Well after a proper boost, 2lb loss last week, I have not been the weight watcher angel I know I can be. A house warming on saturday involved my buffet, which I did point...kinda....and lost track of what I ate (salad and fruit trays weren't even opened), alcohol on top of that and then a chinese takeaway sunday (and the other half Monday) to feign off the hangover and complete my weekend of self indulgence.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVED every minute of it!

I have also completed my hour of pole dancing and managed 2 runs on week 4 of the couch to 5K plan as I am meant to running a 5k in May with other WWer girls in my class. So I am hoping I have completed some damage limitation on that front.

Just need to wait and see on Wednesday, but whatever the result I KNOW I can do this this, I've proved it! Goal for 26!!
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