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The Cult of Thinness
According to research from this book, the ratio of males with eating disorders to females with ED is 1:10. Why is that? Most literature I’ve read styles male EDs as being vocational (ie they… more »
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The Cult of Thinness
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misslyddie wrote 3 days ago: According to research from this book, the ratio of males with eating disorders to females with ED is … more »
Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
misslyddie wrote 4 days ago: The title of this entry is the name of (one of) the book(s) I’m reading right now (by Susan Bo … more »
The Cult of Thinness
misslyddie wrote 4 days ago: Here is a fantastic quote from The Cult of Thinness by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, who is quoting Dav … more »
Further Reading
misslyddie wrote 1 month ago: I like theory… but I fully recognize how boring it is to read! It can be so damn boring someti … more »
Indigenization
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misslyddie wrote 1 month ago: Making Space for Indigenous Feminism is a collection of writings by Indigenous scholars who employ a … more »
BfS: Donald Keene. World Within Walls---1600--1867.
wordfield wrote 2 months ago: Full title: World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era, 1600–1867. New York … more »
BfS: Donald Keene. Dawn to the West—Poetry, Drama, Criticism
wordfield wrote 2 months ago: Full title: Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature in the Modern Era—Poetry, Drama, Criticism. … more »
Gilbert, Richard. Poems of Consciousness
wordfield wrote 3 months ago: Subtitle: Contemporary Japanese & English-Language Haiku in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Winchest … more »
