Light, Alex
Summary: "When we look in the mirror, so many of us see a 'before' picture: the miserable person in the side-by-side shot waiting for the 'glow-up' (read: weight loss) that will bring true happiness. But it's not our fault that we see our bodies as projects in need of constant work: this is just one of the beliefs that has been ingrained in us by diet culture. We have been taught to view ourselves as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQ, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 LIGSpence, Shana Minei
Summary: "In Live Nourished, Shana Spence starts by exposing diet culture for what it is: a patriarchal, capitalist mindset that is engrained in countless aspects of our society, and that keeps us from living healthily and joyfully. It's a systemic belief that equates fitness, health, and thinness with worth and assigns food a moral value. And it's a belief that pervades our society. Spence's arguments...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Element 2024