Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession With Appearance Hurts Girls and Women: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Woman MP3 CD – Unabridged, 18 April 2017

They have improved the printing and page quality

the paper and printing quality is hopeless. Feels like a study guide book for high school. Isnt this supposed to be an international publisher? Are we being fooled for a print that is taking place in the backyard somewhere?

The media could not be loaded.  The content of this book is good. But the paper quality is not worth the money.

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I enjoyed this book very much - it addresses a subject at the forefront of many women's minds, namely the importance of how they look. Social, printed and visual media all contribute to making women 'beauty sick' - suffering because their lives are a constant struggle to look as good as the images they are bombarded with every day. I would argue though that looking and feeling good ARE important for making your mark on the world, and that paying attention to how you look need not detract from whatever else you do in life; the author argues against the kind of obsession that fuels eating disorders, but the book can read at times as though any attention to apprearance is a bad thing. But this book does have a very important message, especially for today's young girls.

Engeln brilliantly captures and unpacks the individual and shared relationship with beauty that women in our society face. In an age where beauty and perfection is fed to us at painfully extreme levels through social media and societal expectations, her writing is nothing short of crucial. Through data collections and conclusive analyses, she dissects the psychological effects of contemporary beauty standards and the level to which this standard is enforced. The strongest depictions take the form of interviews with women of all ages and from all demographics, who intimately explain their journeys with beauty ideas that are all shockingly relatable. From the way we interact with our friends, our mirrors, our phones, and our adolescence, Engeln's examples illustrate just how dangerous the obsession with beauty is on ourselves. Instead of opting for a completely hopeless tone, Engeln suggests attainable ways to navigate such a culture through examples of women and businesses that combat the high brain space that beauty occupies. From workout classes, to 'mirror conversations,' to physiological conversations, she balances scientific jargon with empowering suggestions to spell out just how we can attainably navigate this underrated and prevalent part of our society. The reader is left with a supportive sense of community, and the freeing feeling that comes from when we are told we should just move on.

One of the most brilliant and illuminating books you will find. I cannot recommend more highly. A fascinating insight into the effects of the ‘Beauty’ industry on girls and women and what this culture in which we live can do to us. I am a father of two daughters and one son and I want them all to read this! Has completely changed my outlook on life