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Chapter 5 Readings

Chapter 5 Readings. Marni Grossman. Representative Works. Thenervousbreakdown.com Sadiemagazine.com. Beating Anorexia and Gaining Feminism. If I can’t be beautiful, I will be thin When you are anorexic, you are always failing

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Chapter 5 Readings

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  1. Chapter 5 Readings

  2. Marni Grossman

  3. Representative Works • Thenervousbreakdown.com • Sadiemagazine.com

  4. Beating Anorexia and Gaining Feminism • If I can’t be beautiful, I will be thin • When you are anorexic, you are always failing • Thin and pretty are synonymous, and if you are neither, you might as well not exist • The patriarchy depends on our acceptance of this myth • Feminism is about the power of speaking one’s truth

  5. Courtney E. Martin

  6. Representative Works • Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: How the Quest for Perfection is Harming Young Women • Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists • The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and (HIV) Positive • Do it Anyway: The New Generation of Activists

  7. Love Your Fat Self • Sizeism is the only socially acceptable form of discrimination remaining • We tend to equate obesity with laziness • Our only concern with obesity should be the health risks • Our own dissatisfaction is never truly about our bodies (thin or fat) • We constantly judge – we need to be aware that we do

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