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In April 1997 Cyndi Tebbel then editor of New Woman Magazine featured a size-16 model on the cover of a special issue on body image. The issue was a big hit with New Woman's readers but when a cosmetics company withdrew its advertising from the magazine Cyndi was encouraged to discontinue promoting 'unhealthy' imagery. When Cyndi left New Woman in late 1997 her story was front-page news. She began a speaking tour and discovered there was enormous support for her views. The result was an invitation to write THE BODY SNATCHERS. THE BODY SNATCHERS looks at the rampant conditioning of women and girls by those pushing starvation imagery. At no other time in history have women been so preoccupied with the shape they are in. Wherever we look - in magazines on television in films - the prevailing 'ideal' body shape for women is closer to a Barbie doll than a real woman. The cosmetics fashion and diet industries the mass media and the burgeoning business of cosmetic surgery all profit from this imagery. But for woman and girls there's a high price to pay: low esteem body hatred and eating disorders are now a major part of their lives. How do women combat this brainwashing and begin to believe that they are more than a dress size? By challenging the messages that saturate our media and refusing to buy their lies. THE BODY SNATCHERS is written in an engaging and witty style. Cyndi encourages women of all ages to stop obsessing about the shape they are in and to challenge society's preoccupation with the 'ideal' body which is both unnatural and for the vast majority of women unattainable.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #614773 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages