Lauren Shields

The Beauty Suit: How My Year of Religious Modesty Made Me a Better Feminist

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Produktbeschreibung

Looking good feels good. But in a society where looking good is posited as being strong, while negotiating for better pay is statistically proven to damage our careers, is it fair to say that wicked eyeliner, weekly blowouts, and a polished Instagram feed are the keys to our liberation? If so--if "hot: really is a good enough synonym for "empowered"--why do so many of us feel, deep in our bones, that the sexy-as-strong model is a distraction? Is "pretty" still the closest to power women can get? Why is looking fierce an acceptable substitute for living in a world where women are safe? Inspired in seminary by American Muslimahs who wear the hijab for feminist reasons, Lauren Shields took off what she calls the Beauty Suit--the "done" hair, the tasteful and carefully applied makeup, the tight clothes and foot-binding shoes--for nine months. She'd really only wanted to do an experiment. Instead, her life--especially her views on what constitutes "liberation"--changed forever.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9780807093924
• ISBN-10: 0807093920
• Artikelnr.: 49039013

Autorenporträt

Lauren Shields holds BFAs in religious studies and television, film, and music production, and a master of divinity degree. She is seeking ordination in the United Church of Christ, and lives in San Jose with her husband.