The groundbreaking best-seller that changed the way we think about “beauty” and female identity.

“Powerful… No other work has… so honestly depicted the confusion of accomplished women who feel emotionally and physically tortured by the need to look like movie stars” – New York Times

“The most important feminist publication since The Female Eunuch” – Germain Greer

Additional resources

• The Beauty Myth: The Culture of Beauty, Psychology, & the Self - a 6-part DVD presentation for use in the classroom

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