pickPulling both from data and stories of individual women, this book explores how bad beauty culture is for women and how the internet and social media amplify these harms. I was unsurprised by the realities presented here but of course disgusted as well. It‘s so important that we recognize these harms and try to fight against them.
pickEllen Atlanta explores the intersection of the beauty industry and technology in this beautiful book, but also dissects girlhood and tells a story that we all know even if we have not yet seen it in print. She encourages us to share this book in the closing chapter to expand this conversation, and so this is my attempt to do so. I absolutely loved it. I listened through a nail appt and a lash fill, so points were taken 😂😂
pick“To look like a human woman is to be ugly.“
Just think about that sentence from the book for a second. To look how women naturally look is to be viewed as ugly in today's image-obsessed world. What a f***ed up world that is!
This book treads familiar ground but is updated to encompass the additional pressures that girls & young women face from the 'digital gaze.' All I can say is that I am glad I was a teenager before smartphones, & Instagram.
Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women | 
