Book HackDisobedient BodiesBy Emma Dabiri
In a Nutshell
Author and academic Emma Dabiri illuminates the suffocating effects of beauty standards on women and offers ways to rebel against them.
Favorite Quote
When there's so much diversity in how we all look, why do so many of the 'new' and 'improved' faces look the same, a bland homogeneity of 'perfection'? This sort of smooth mask of face that belongs to everybody and nobody.
Emma Dabiri
Introduction
Western beauty standards have a harmful influence on women's lives; they are unattainable and changeable, and most women, no matter how 'beautiful' they are, fear the visible effects of aging.
Emma Dabiri is a renowned author and academic known for her thought-provoking work on issues of race, identity, and culture.
In her 2023 book Disobedient Bodies, Dabiri highlights beauty's elusiveness and suggests ways to rebel against unachievable expectations to find lasting beauty for ourselves.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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