Locker Room Diaries : : the Naked Truth About Women, Body Image, and Re-Imagining the "Perfect" Body

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Introduction: Warming up -- Conquering Mount Toledo : putting the scale in its place -- Booby-trapped : Hallelujah, my nipples have seen the light! -- A waist is a terrible thing to mind : eating disorders exposed -- I scream, you scream, we all scream for-- a $50 bikini wax? : locker room beauty rituals -- Belly dancing : learning about pregnancy straight from the source -- Pimples, crotches, and butts, oh my! : locker room nudity in all its splendor-- and horror -- Cellulite : the bumpy bane of my existence -- A steamy situation : talk, sweat, and tears in the sauna -- Throwing our weight around : plus-sized in the land of thin -- Me veo gorda en esta ropa? : Do I look fat in this? : re-imagining body image : exploring race and ethnicity -- The next generation : body image, locker room mentality, and today's young girls -- Having a senior moment : what lessons can the older generation teach us? -- Epilogue: Smokin' in the girls' room : time to throw in the towel on hating our bodies.

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Disappointing Diary submitted by Slider on January 31, 2015, 3:29pm From the title, I expected this book to be about how to overcome /how women overcame body criticism. Instead, it's mainly a catalog of all the things women hate about their bodies. It's written in a flip style which I found distracting. Unless you just want to read dozens of accounts of maladjusted body images and ways women disrespect their bodies, with few healthy examples, don't bother.