A review by tjlcody
Fix by Leslie Margolis
2.0
I didn't find anything terribly special about this book, narrative-wise. Characters were so-so, writing wasn't bad, plot dragged on a bit.
Only two things that really bugged me:
-The photographer saying that Cameron had "sexualized young women" in her photographs, and it came off as "sexualizing women is bad"- y'know, because the girls totally didn't pose for those pictures, didn't have any agency in their production whatsoever, and blah blah blah Women Can Only Be Sexy When We Say It's Okay, blah blah blah We're Totally Not Policing Women's Bodies and Sexual Expression (Except We Are), blah blah blah, Sexism.
-The overall judgmental tone about plastic surgery. While I 100% agree that it shouldn't be done on teenagers (barring extreme circumstances), if an adult chooses to get plastic surgery, that is also 100% not my business. I didn't like how the book implied that these people just needed to love themselves, that people who get plastic surgery do it for shallow, stupid, petty reasons and that, by association, makes them shallow, stupid, and petty. Again: What happened to "not my body, not my business"?
Only two things that really bugged me:
-The photographer saying that Cameron had "sexualized young women" in her photographs, and it came off as "sexualizing women is bad"- y'know, because the girls totally didn't pose for those pictures, didn't have any agency in their production whatsoever, and blah blah blah Women Can Only Be Sexy When We Say It's Okay, blah blah blah We're Totally Not Policing Women's Bodies and Sexual Expression (Except We Are), blah blah blah, Sexism.
-The overall judgmental tone about plastic surgery. While I 100% agree that it shouldn't be done on teenagers (barring extreme circumstances), if an adult chooses to get plastic surgery, that is also 100% not my business. I didn't like how the book implied that these people just needed to love themselves, that people who get plastic surgery do it for shallow, stupid, petty reasons and that, by association, makes them shallow, stupid, and petty. Again: What happened to "not my body, not my business"?