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

Acknowledgments
Introduction ix
1 The Challenge: Respecting Women’s Bodies 1
2 Weightism: The “Politically Correct” Form of Prejudice 18
3 Obesity: Fact or Fiction? 31
4 Dieting: Deceit, Danger and Death 42
5 The Pursuit of Beauty: Empowering or Disempowering? 62
6 Advertising: Guerrilla Warfare 77
7 Magazines: Propaganda Machines 90
8 Fashion: Real Women Have Bellies 106
9 Models and Beauty Pageants: Ugly Business 116
10 Plastic Surgery: Self-Improvement or Self-Harm? 126
11 Violence Against Woman: The Deadliest Body War 143
12 Ageism: When Beauty, Wisdom and Experience Get Old 161
13 Women’s Health Care: An Oxymoron? 174
14 Kids on Diets: An Early Start for Body Wars 191
15 Barbie Dolls & Body Image: Toys Are Us 209
16 Schools: A Problem or Solution? 218
17 Sports: Just Another War Zone? 241
18 Ballet: The Olympics of Body Wars 264
19 Men: Targets and Teammates 277
Bibliography 291