The Beauty Myth

Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty

 Are Used Against Women was another used book sale buy.

 It's an amazing book, one that challenged the way I think about myself and about society's accepted ideas of beauty. (And to think it was mine for all of twenty cents.) The book examines the way that beauty--and the obsession with obtaining it--is undermining and alienating women in professional, sexual, and personal terms. It dissects the culture of beauty and the messages women receive from the media and society. I loved the book for its intelligence and anger and Wolf's ability to present these ideas so powerfully that it truly effects the reader. I attended a make-up party while I was reading it and wrote about it on my other blog. I had barely cracked the cover and already Wolf's ideas were affecting me. The Beauty Myth was the first book I read by Naomi Wolf, but I'm anxious to read another, so it certainly won't be my last.