{"product_id":"the-tyranny-of-thinness-understanding-and-resisting-the-pressure-to-be-skinny-9798889844068","title":"The Tyranny of Thinness: Understanding and Resisting the Pressure to Be Skinny","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fearlessly feminist philosophical approach to defying diet culture, cultivating radical self-care, and rediscovering empowered embodiment \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInformed by personal narrative, cultural studies, and the work of luminaries from Simone de Beauvoir and Mary Wollstonecraft to Audre Lorde and Roxane Gay \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this timely and unflinching manifesto, Dr. Celine Leboeuf unpacks the philosophical and oppressive systems that sustain our cultural obsession with being thin--why it's framed as something to \"achieve,\" how it's predicated on exclusion, and that the goalposts are racist and misogynistic--and always moving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on memoir, feminist theory, and cultural analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Tyranny of Thinness\u003c\/i\u003e is a wide-ranging and erudite treatise on how the skinny ideal shapes our earliest memories and experiences--and steals joy, agency, and self-determination from our adolescences, our social identities, our ambitions, and even our sense of moral worth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart 1\u003c\/b\u003e traces the origins of fatphobia in anti-Black racism, unpacking how thinness is a carefully constructed ideal. Dr. Céline Leboeuf shows how self-objectification is instilled in young girls and diverted toward activities that enforce objectification. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart 2\u003c\/b\u003e offers a path forward. Through embodied practices like intuitive eating, joyful movement, sensual awareness, community care, and the philosophical exercise of world-remaking, \u003ci\u003eThe Tyranny of Thinness\u003c\/i\u003e outlines a new way of living in one's body that is compassionate, realistic, and self-empowering.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the resurrection of heroin chic and thinspo to the rise of #SkinnyTok and Ozempic, Dr. Leboeuf exposes how thinness becomes a political weapon--and shows how the body positivity movement has been coopted and repackaged. This book is an elevated must-read for anyone struggling with body image--and every reader searching to understand what the culture dictates about beauty and perceived worth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Celine PhD LeBoeuf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889844068","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48460568101001,"sku":"9798889844068","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_21d60341-1d60-403b-a06b-ff518f0c55d6.jpg?v=1790664891","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-tyranny-of-thinness-understanding-and-resisting-the-pressure-to-be-skinny-9798889844068","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}