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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, 13 June 2012

3lbs off...the benefits of exercise (and being skint)

So after 9 days of half hearted concentration on my weight loss I came home with a staggering 3lbs loss. Although I have been keeping an eye on things, and trying to eat salad, I've always been literally skint, and therefore not ate much more than cereal at home!

In addition, the lead upto the pole show meant lots of extra practices. My pole routine and another dance routine I had to do meant I was dancing about to musical theme tunes at home the whole week!

Also, for those of you who are not on my facebook page - a significant life event happened to me recently. I changed my relationship status - from "single" to "in a relationship". I met a guy a few weeks back and that has had a massive impact on me. Namely because I sooo do not want the early relationship weight gain - the result of nights in/out!

However, the additional....ehm....well....exercise - seems to certainly pay off! :)))
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