The Beauty Myth by Naomi WolfMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Some parts of this were amazing. It was full of really cogent feminist arguments with lots of citations.
That said, the hyperbole/alarmist tone in some sections was a little difficult to swallow even if it turns out it’s not an exaggeration. Also, I felt like some of the belabored points made the book unnecessarily long, one of my nonfiction book pet peeves. In particular, the sections on anorexia and plastic surgery seemed a little dated because it was much discussed in the 1990s but both issues have faded into the background in the current decade.
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