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Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women by Teri Schnaubelt, Renee Engeln

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theincrediblemaja's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

bri_noyes1's review against another edition

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3.0

This book was really hard to get through because it was so emotionally draining. I found myself thinking multiple times “There’s no way to get around all of this cultural obsession. It’s a never ending, but ever deepening cycle.” But the last chapter redeemed it and gave hope. This author did a LOT of really great research and had great interviews and cultural examples. I’m just rating it this way because it took such an emotional toll on me to read it.

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4.0

Have you ever been out running errands or on your way to meet a friend for lunch or drinks, caught your reflection in a mirror or storefront and thought to yourself 'Oh my God, I look so fat in this' or 'Ugh, my makeup is coming off in this heat' or even 'Wow, I'm ugly'? Renee Engeln's novel "Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls Women" analyzes our society's fixation on female beauty standards and attempts to scientifically understand why these standards persist and what women can do about it. Backed up with well researched and cited sources and studies, Engeln discusses her own body struggles, her recognition of 'beauty sickness' , and presents real life interviews with real life women who are experiencing different levels of 'beauty sickness' themselves.