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Body Wars: Making Peace With Women's Bodies (An Activist's Guide)
 
 

Body Wars: Making Peace With Women's Bodies (An Activist's Guide) [Paperback]

Ph.D. Margo Maine
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"Body Wars both teaches us the terms for engaging our opponents and that united efforts will win the war." -- Mary S. Pabst, M.S.W. President, Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention

"Here is basic ammunition for all of us caught in the crossfire of Body Wars." -- Rita Freedman, Ph.D. author, BodyLove

"I highly recommend this book to anyone who cares about better health for women and men." -- Michael Levine, Ph.D. co-author, Preventing Eating Disorders

Book Description

Loving one's body is a revolutionary act!

In this ground-breaking study, Margo Maine declares war on a culture that dismisses, devalues, and disempowers women by making them hate their own bodies. This book covers issues from dieting and weight prejudice to concepts of beauty and ageism to sports, fashion advertising, and propaganda. With practical strategies for activists, educators, and parents, this book also contains extensive references and appendices. Body Wars takes its place alongside The Beauty Myth and Reviving Ophelia in recognizing the constant assault women face, but goes further by giving them practical tools with which to fight back.

25 Ways to Love Your Body
Guidelines for Letter Writing
Top Ten Reasons to Give Up Dieting
Join the Fight Against Fashion Fascism
See the Homogenizing Effects of Cosmetic Surgery
Stop Violence Against Women
Fight Size, Sex, and Age Discrimination
Tactics for Healthy Eating
Facts about Kids and Dieting


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5.0 out of 5 stars READ THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW!, Oct 21 2003
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For yourself, for your children, for the women and girls in your life. Read this book! It was like having the wool pulled from eyes. I can finally see the lies for what they were. I was angry about these "ideals" for so long and the pressure to get thinner. Now I know why, because it was all a lie to kepp women in their place, make money, and destroy the self esteem of nearly every woman in the Western world.
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4.0 out of 5 stars How to Enter the Fray of the War on Weightism, Oct 31 2002
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Margo Maine has done it again in her book Body Wars. I learned how to connect myself with various groups working for a better community, to recognize examples of brainwashed thinking in myself and to do something about it. Margo Maine is an intelligent and empassioned researcher and activist and I am glad she continues to regale us with her comprehensive style and life-changing material.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Get the Skinny on the War Against Weightism, Oct 31 2002
This review is from: Body Wars: Making Peace With Women's Bodies (An Activist's Guide) (Paperback)
Margo Maine has done it again in her book Body Wars. I learned how to connect myself with various groups working for a better community, to recognize examples of brainwashed thinking in myself and to do something about it. Margo Maine is an intelligent and empassioned researcher and activist and I am glad she continues to regale us with her comprehensive style and life-changing material.
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