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Face Value: The Hidden Ways Beauty Shapes Women's Lives

Face Value: The Hidden Ways Beauty Shapes Women's Lives

A thought-provoking examination of how we think and talk about beauty todayâ€”and the unexpected and often positive ways that beauty shapes our lives.

For decades, weâ€™ve discussed our insecurities in the face of idealized, retouched, impossibly perfect images. Weâ€™ve worried primping and preening are a distraction and a trap. But have we focused too much on beautyâ€™s negative influence?

In Face Value, journalist Autumn Whitefield-Madrano thoughtfully examines the relationship between appearance and science, social media, sex, friendship, language, and advertising to show how beauty actually affects us day to day. Through meticulous research and interviews with dozens of women across all walks of life, she reveals surprising findings, like that wearing makeup can actually relax you, that you can convince people youâ€™re better looking just by tweaking your personality, and the ways beauty can be a powerful tool of connection among women.

Equal parts social commentary, cultural analysis, careful investigation, and powerful personal anecdotes, Face Value is provocative and empoweringâ€”and a great conversation starter for women everywhere.

Country	USA
Author	Autumn Whitefield-Madrano
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781476754000
ISBN	1476754004
Label	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	288
PublicationDate	2016-06-21
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ReleaseDate	2016-06-21
Studio	Simon & Schuster

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