Body Positivity/Lookismus

Every day we see movies, magazines, and social media that make us feel like we need to change how we look. This takes a toll on how we think about ourselves—and how we allow others to treat us. And while many teens feel shame about their body, being a teen girl of color can be hard in unique ways. Maybe you feel alienated by the ....

In eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom--award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed--is unapologetically "thick" deemed "thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have been less," McMillan Cottom refuses to shy away from blending the personal with the ....

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Was bedeutet es, eine Frau zu sein? Dieser Essayband von Susan Sontag stellt genau diese Frage. Erstmals versammelt ein Buch ihre wichtigsten Texte zu ästhetischen, politischen und ökonomischen Aspekten des Frauseins. Sontag schreibt über Gleichheit, weibliches Altern, Schönheit, Sexualität und Macht und zeigt sich als Vordenkerin und ....

For as long as she can remember, Kate Manne has wanted to be smaller. She can tell you what she weighed on any significant occasion: her wedding day, the day she became a professor, the day her daughter was born. She's been bullied and belittled for her size, leading to extreme dieting. As a feminist philosopher, she wanted to believe ....

Anti-fatness is everywhere. In "What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat", Aubrey Gordon unearths the cultural attitudes and social systems that have led to people being denied basic needs because they are fat and calls for social justice movements to be inclusive of plus-sized people’s experiences. Unlike the recent wave of ....

Readers of "The Body Is Not an Apology" have been clamoring for guidance on how to do the work of radical self-love. After crowdsourcing her community, Sonya Renee Taylor found her readers wanted more concrete ideas on how to apply this work in their everyday lives. "Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook" is the action guide that gives ....