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Pixel flesh : how toxic beauty culture harms women  Cover Image Book Book

Pixel flesh : how toxic beauty culture harms women / Ellen Atlanta.

Atlanta, Ellen, (author.).

Summary:

"A generation-defining exposé of toxic beauty culture -- from Botox and Instagram filters to lip flips and editing apps -- and the realities of coming of age online. We live in a new age of beauty. With advancements in cosmetic surgery, walk-in treatments, augmented reality face filters, photo editing apps, and exposure to more images than ever, we have the ability to craft the image we want everyone to see. We pinch, pull, squeeze, tweeze, smooth and slice ourselves beyond recognition. But is our beauty culture truly empowering? Are we really in control? In Pixel Flesh, Ellen Atlanta holds a mirror up to our modern beauty ideal, as well as the pressure to present a perfect image, to live in an age of constant comparison and curated feeds. She weaves in her personal story with others' to reconfigure our obsession with the cult of beauty and explore the reality of living in a world of paradoxes: we know our standards are unhealthy, but understand it's a way to succeed. We resent social media but continue to scroll. We know digital beauty is artificial, but we still strive for it. From Love Island to lip filler, blackfishing to the beauty tax, Pixel Flesh is a fascinating account of what young women face under a dominant industry. Nuanced, unflinching, and razor sharp, this book unmasks the absurdities of the standards we suddenly find ourselves upholding, and acts as a rallying cry and a refusal to suffer in silence, forming the definitive book about what it truly feels like to exist as a woman today"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250286222 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 372 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in Great Britain by Headline Publishing Group, a Hachette UK company"--Copyright page.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Atlanta, Ellen > Psychology.
Beauty culture.
Beauty, Personal > Psychological aspects.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Social media.
Genre: Biographies.
Personal narratives.

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