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Beauty
- Narrated by: Bri Lee
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The acclaimed author of Eggshell Skull.
You were either fit and trim or you weren't working hard enough. Your body was how you conveyed wealth and status to your peers, it was a personality trait, a symbol of goodness and values: an ethical ideal. In recent decades women have made momentous progress fighting the patriarchy, yet they are held to ever-stricter, more punishing physical standards. Self-worth still plummets, and eating disorders are more deadly for how easily they are dismissed.
In Beauty Bri Lee explores our obsession with thinness and asks how an intrinsically unattainable standard of physical 'perfection' has become so crucial to so many. What happens if you try to reach that impossible goal? Bri did try, and Beauty is what she learned from that battle: a gripping and intelligent rejection of an ideal that diminishes us all.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-05-2021
Great read!
A stark reminder of how controlling and deceiving Instagram and other social media is.
How money driven fashion houses are and how to appreciate one's self as they naturally are.
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- El
- 01-12-2021
Brissy Gold
Bri is the existential Adele - she is a powerful and powerfully vulnerable voice. Looking forward to her version of '30'
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- Anonymous User
- 09-12-2021
I was not expecting a documentary
I struggled to finish this book as I feel I was perhaps not the right demographic. I was not expecting a documentary and should have not judged a book by its cover. I commend the writing and storytelling of the importance of the findings and am glad you are giving a voice to your struggles and sharing to those who it may resonate with. I support the sisterhood and believe this will help others. Well done . Very proud to know you are a Brisbanite :)
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- Michele
- 08-07-2023
Beautiful
A quick but very important read. I love Bri’s voice and look forward to reading more of her work.
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