Pixel Flesh
How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women
Seiten
2024
Headline Book Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0354-1163-4 (ISBN)
Headline Book Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0354-1163-4 (ISBN)
An important and essential examination of toxic beauty culture in our digital age and how it is harming women.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS
'A brilliant clarion call for better' GINA MARTIN
'A must read' ROXIE NAFOUSI
'An essential mirror reflecting the profound impact of beauty culture on our lives' CHLOÉ COOPER JONES
A generation defining exposé of toxic beauty culture and the realities of coming of age online
We are living in a new age of beauty. With advancements in cosmetic surgery, augmented reality face filters, photo editing apps, and exposure to more images than ever, we have the ability to craft a version of ourselves that we want everyone to see. We pinch, pull, squeeze, tweeze, smooth and slice ourselves beyond recognition. But is our beauty culture truly empowering? Are we really in control?
In Pixel Flesh, Ellen Atlanta holds a mirror up to our modern beauty ideal and the harm it is doing to women all around the world. Weaving in her own personal story with those of other women, she reconfigures our obsession with the cult of beauty and explores the realities of living in a digitally obsessed world where the pressure to present yourself both virtually and in person is all-consuming.
Providing an eye-opening account of the realities young women face under a dominant industry, Pixel Flesh unmasks the absurdities of the dystopia we find ourselves living in. Both a rallying cry and a refusal to suffer in silence, this is the defining book on what it feels like to exist as a woman today.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS
'A brilliant clarion call for better' GINA MARTIN
'A must read' ROXIE NAFOUSI
'An essential mirror reflecting the profound impact of beauty culture on our lives' CHLOÉ COOPER JONES
A generation defining exposé of toxic beauty culture and the realities of coming of age online
We are living in a new age of beauty. With advancements in cosmetic surgery, augmented reality face filters, photo editing apps, and exposure to more images than ever, we have the ability to craft a version of ourselves that we want everyone to see. We pinch, pull, squeeze, tweeze, smooth and slice ourselves beyond recognition. But is our beauty culture truly empowering? Are we really in control?
In Pixel Flesh, Ellen Atlanta holds a mirror up to our modern beauty ideal and the harm it is doing to women all around the world. Weaving in her own personal story with those of other women, she reconfigures our obsession with the cult of beauty and explores the realities of living in a digitally obsessed world where the pressure to present yourself both virtually and in person is all-consuming.
Providing an eye-opening account of the realities young women face under a dominant industry, Pixel Flesh unmasks the absurdities of the dystopia we find ourselves living in. Both a rallying cry and a refusal to suffer in silence, this is the defining book on what it feels like to exist as a woman today.
Ellen Atlanta is a writer and brand consultant specialising in Gen-Z and millennial culture. She has worked in the beauty industry for almost a decade and was a founding editor of Dazed Beauty. With her focus on female empowerment, Ellen departed from the beauty industry in 2019 to become a founding member of both The Stack World and Communia, reimagining social media platforms and creating better digital spaces for women+ . In 2021, she was headhunted to support UN Women UK on their digital campaigns, creating safer public spaces for women and marginalised genders across the country. She was awarded the RSL Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction in 2022.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.05.2024 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 232 mm |
| Gewicht | 480 g |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-0354-1163-6 / 1035411636 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-0354-1163-4 / 9781035411634 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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