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4.5 stars rounded down
"Later, I would come to see that unpleasant standoff as emblematic of a prevailing attitude about women's bodies: that in their most natural state, when bodies are naked and not prettified, they should be hidden. The idea that femininity should be cultivated and our bodies somehow 'cleaned up' for presentation is something I had already been picking up from Korean beauty culture."
"A...study...found that despite the smaller body size of Korean women, they were more negative about many of their physical characteristics than US women were, since people with a high sensitivity in social situations (read: the ability to read a room, which is valued in collective societies) are also more likely to feel worse about social criticism. A systematic review...found the same. Women who have difficulty expressing their own emotions and who prioritize other people's feelings are more likely to exhibit restrictive eating behaviors."
"I cannot emphasize enough how distracting it is, how psychologically taxing, to fixate on exercise and weight. I cannot quantify how much time I have lost lingering in front of mirrors, focused on problem areas, silently calculating calories in my mind, journaling what I ate each day, or thumbing through Shape and Self magazines from the early 2000s to memorize the most calorie-burning workouts. My 17-year old self could have spent that time building stronger relationships, absorbing ideas, taking personal risks or trying new experiences. Instead, she whirred with obsession and ached with hunger - thoughts of food, when to eat food, what to do to burn off the food - occupied the mental space equivalent of the Pacific Ocean."
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"Later, I would come to see that unpleasant standoff as emblematic of a prevailing attitude about women's bodies: that in their most natural state, when bodies are naked and not prettified, they should be hidden. The idea that femininity should be cultivated and our bodies somehow 'cleaned up' for presentation is something I had already been picking up from Korean beauty culture."
"A...study...found that despite the smaller body size of Korean women, they were more negative about many of their physical characteristics than US women were, since people with a high sensitivity in social situations (read: the ability to read a room, which is valued in collective societies) are also more likely to feel worse about social criticism. A systematic review...found the same. Women who have difficulty expressing their own emotions and who prioritize other people's feelings are more likely to exhibit restrictive eating behaviors."
"I cannot emphasize enough how distracting it is, how psychologically taxing, to fixate on exercise and weight. I cannot quantify how much time I have lost lingering in front of mirrors, focused on problem areas, silently calculating calories in my mind, journaling what I ate each day, or thumbing through Shape and Self magazines from the early 2000s to memorize the most calorie-burning workouts. My 17-year old self could have spent that time building stronger relationships, absorbing ideas, taking personal risks or trying new experiences. Instead, she whirred with obsession and ached with hunger - thoughts of food, when to eat food, what to do to burn off the food - occupied the mental space equivalent of the Pacific Ocean."
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