The Resource Beauty sick : how the cultural obsession with appearance hurts girls and women, Renee Engeln, PhD
Beauty sick : how the cultural obsession with appearance hurts girls and women, Renee Engeln, PhD
- Summary
- Combining scientific studies with the voices of real women of all ages, Renee Engeln makes clear that, to truly fulfill their potential, society must break free from cultural forces that feed destructive desires, attitudes, and words, from fat-shaming to denigrating commentary about other women. She provides inspiration and workable solutions to help girls and women overcome negative attitudes and embrace their whole selves, to transform their lives, claim the futures they deserve, and, ultimately, change their world
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 383 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- This is beauty sickness. Will I be pretty? ; Just like a woman ; I, object
- This is what beauty sickness does to women. Your mind on your body and your body on your mind ; It's a shame ; Your money and your time
- This is how the media feeds beauty sickness. Malignant mainstream media ; (Anti)social media and online obsessions
- The ways we're fighting beauty sickness aren't working. Media literacy is not enough ; The problem with "real beauty"
- How we can fight beauty sickness. Turning down the volume ; Stop the body talk ; Function over form ; Learning to love your body and teaching others to do the same ; Turning away from the mirror to face the world
- Isbn
- 9780062469779
- Label
- Beauty sick : how the cultural obsession with appearance hurts girls and women
- Title
- Beauty sick
- Title remainder
- how the cultural obsession with appearance hurts girls and women
- Statement of responsibility
- Renee Engeln, PhD
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Combining scientific studies with the voices of real women of all ages, Renee Engeln makes clear that, to truly fulfill their potential, society must break free from cultural forces that feed destructive desires, attitudes, and words, from fat-shaming to denigrating commentary about other women. She provides inspiration and workable solutions to help girls and women overcome negative attitudes and embrace their whole selves, to transform their lives, claim the futures they deserve, and, ultimately, change their world
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- Title
- Beauty sick
- Summary
- In Beauty Sick, Dr. Renee Engeln reveals the shocking consequences of girls’ obsession with appearance on their emotional and physical health and their wallets and ambitions, including depression, eating disorders, disruptions in cognitive processing, and lost money and time. Combining scientific studies with the voices of real young women, she makes clear that to truly fulfill their potential, women must break free from these destructive desires, attitudes, and words—from fat-shaming to denigrating commentary
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- Dewey number
- 306.4/613
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GT499
- LC item number
- .E54 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Renee Engeln
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- Beauty sick : how the cultural obsession with appearance hurts girls and women, Renee Engeln, PhD
- Related Subjects
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- Self-esteem in women
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
- Society and culture -- Gender | Women
- Beauty
- Beauty, Personal -- Psychological aspects
- Ugliness
- Body image in women
- Teenagers -- Body image
- Adult books for young adults
- Body image
- Feminist psychology
- Young women -- Body image
- Women -- Psychology
- Women -- Body image
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-370) and index
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- Contents
- Introduction -- This is beauty sickness. Will I be pretty? ; Just like a woman ; I, object -- This is what beauty sickness does to women. Your mind on your body and your body on your mind ; It's a shame ; Your money and your time -- This is how the media feeds beauty sickness. Malignant mainstream media ; (Anti)social media and online obsessions -- The ways we're fighting beauty sickness aren't working. Media literacy is not enough ; The problem with "real beauty" -- How we can fight beauty sickness. Turning down the volume ; Stop the body talk ; Function over form ; Learning to love your body and teaching others to do the same ; Turning away from the mirror to face the world
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- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 383 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062469779
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- Note
- cat13rev
- System control number
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- ocn952206572
- (OCoLC)952206572
Subject
- Beauty, Personal -- Psychological aspects
- Body image in women
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
- Feminist psychology
- Self-esteem in women
- Women -- Psychology
- Adult books for young adults
- Beauty
- Body image
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
- Society and culture -- Gender | Women
- Teenagers -- Body image
- Ugliness
- Women -- Body image
- Young women -- Body image
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