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Intersections eBook Series

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  • Botox Nation

    Changing the Face of America

    by Dana Berkowitz ...
    Series Book 4 - Intersections
    One of NPR's Best Books of 2017The first in-depth social investigation into the development and rising popularity of BotoxThe American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery estimates there are about two-and-a-half million Botox procedures performed annually, and that number continues to increase. The procedure is used as a preventive measure against aging and a means by which bodies, particularly ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

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  • Body of Truth

    How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight—and What We Can Do about It

    by Harriet Brown ...
    "A must-read for anyone ready to start shaking this fat = bad, thin = good obsession. Brown's book can help you love your body now." — BustleFor more than three decades, our quest for thinness has morphed into a relentless obsession with weight and body image. As a science journalist, Harriet Brown has explored this collective longing and fixation from an objective perspective; as a mother, wife, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Sexy Feminism

    A Girl's Guide to Love, Success, and Style

    by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Heather Wood Rudúlph ...
    “We live in a society where sex is used against women as much as it’s used by women. Sexy Feminism calls foul on that (and other) double standards—and makes manifest my frequent observation that feminists are almost always the sexiest people in the room.” —Jennifer Baumgardner, author of F’em!: Goo Goo, Gaga, and Some Thoughts on BallsNot your mother’s feminism! A humor-filled action plan for an ... Read more

    $12.19 USD

  • Moving On: Essays on the Aftermath of Leaving Academia

    by Kathleen Miller, Julie Chmiel, Lauren Whitehead & Jet ...
    Thinking of leaving academia? Or have you already started inching toward the exit? In this volume, 14 former graduate students, adjuncts, and tenure-track professors tell their personal stories about leaving academia, rediscovering their lives in the "real world," and finding new jobs and careers. The essays are full of personal stories, memories, and frank discussions about the complex feelings ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Veterinary Medical Ethics

    Theory and Cases

    by Bernard E. Rollin ...
    One of the most difficult issues that confronts veterinarians and staff today concerns the profession’s obligation to the animal and the sometimes conflicting demands from clients, peers and society. The veterinarian’s role has become more complex with new ethical challenges posed by issues such as growing public awareness regarding animal welfare, increasing economic value of companion animals, ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Bodies

    by Susie Orbach ...
    Series series BIG IDEAS//small books
    Esteemed Psychotherapist and writer Susie Orbach diagnoses the crisis in our relationship to our bodies and points the way toward a process of healing.Throughout the Western world, people have come to believe that general dissatisfaction can be relieved by some change in their bodies. Here Susie Orbach explains the origins of this condition, and examines its implications for all of us. Challenging ... Read more

    $9.09 USD

  • The Fat Studies Reader

    Edited by Esther Rothblum, Sondra Solovay ...
    Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in PsychologyWinner of the 2010 Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in Women’s Studies from the Popular Culture AssociationWe have all seen the segments on television news shows: A fat person walking on the sidewalk, her face out of frame so she can't be identified, as some disconcerting findings about ... Read more

    $23.49 USD

  • XXL

    Obesity and the Limits of Shame

    by Patrick Luciani, Neil Seeman ...
    Obese individuals are twice as likely to experience heart failure as non-obese people. More than eighty-five per cent of type 2 diabetes sufferers are overweight. And in the United States, obese and overweight individuals make up more than two-thirds of the adult population. Public health organizations and governments have traditionally tried to combat obesity through shame-inducing policies, ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • What's Wrong with Fat?

    by Abigail C. Saguy ...
    The United States, we are told, is facing an obesity epidemic-a "battle of the bulge" of not just national, but global proportions-that requires drastic and immediate action. Experts in the media, medical science, and government alike are scrambling to find answers. What or who is responsible for this fat crisis, and what can we do to stop it? Abigail Saguy argues that these fraught and frantic ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Body Wars

    Making Peace with Women's Bodies (An Activist's Guide)

    by Margo Maine, Ph.D. ...
    Margo Maine spares no target in this straightforward and entertaining expose. Loaded with facts and inspirational quotes, this is an activist's guide for parents, educators, therapists, patients, former patients, or anyone who wants to fight against the forces that prevent women from being comfortable in their own bodies. Included are extensive Strategies for Change with ideas for personal and ... Read more

    $10.29 USD

  • The Beauty Bias : The Injustice Of Appearance In Life And Law

    by Deborah L. Rhode ...
    It hurts to be beautiful" has been a cliche for centuries. What has been far less appreciated is how much it hurts not to be beautiful. The Beauty Bias explores our cultural preoccupation with attractiveness, the costs it imposes, and the responses it demands. Beauty may be only skin deep, but the damages associated with its absence go much deeper. Unattractive individuals are less likely to be ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Logic of Care

    Health and the Problem of Patient Choice

    by Annemarie Mol ...
    **Shortlisted for the BSA Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2010**What is good care? In this innovative and compelling book, Annemarie Mol argues that good care has little to do with 'patient choice' and, therefore, creating more opportunities for patient choice will not improve health care.Although it is possible to treat people who seek professional help as customers or citizens, Mol ... Read more

    $80.99 USD