A review by booksbyanneleen
Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women by Renee Engeln

informative sad medium-paced

4.0

This book was utterly depressing, mainly because I think all women know, to a certain extent, how beauty ideals influence how we think about our bodies and that of other people, but to actually hear data upon data confirming how much it affects us is truly something else. I found it particularly sad to hear how body ideals not only influence how we perceive our self worth, but the constant worrying about our appearances can actually make us less focused and perform worse when doing certain tasks. Very interesting read, but left me quite heartbroken for myself and fellow women. 
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