🕰️ Body Image History

A fascinating chronicle of how ideals of beauty and bodily worth have shifted across centuries, revealing that what we consider attractive is always a cultural invention.

The Body Project

by Joan Jacobs Brumberg • 1997

How a century made American girls' bodies into a consumer project, from menarche to first diet.

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👧 Adolescent Girlhood 💄 Beauty Standards 🥗 Dieting Culture

The Body Project 92%

How a century made American girls' bodies into a consumer project, from menarche to first diet.

by Joan Jacobs Brumberg 1997

3.82

4k+ ratings

👧 Adolescent Girlhood 💄 Beauty Standards 🥗 Dieting Culture

A History of the World Through Body Parts

by Kathryn Petras • 2022

Cleopatra's nose, the Habsburg jaw, Byron's foot: world history retold through the body.

3.99

228

🩺 Medical History 🎭 Cultural History 🦴 History Of The Body

A History of the World Through Body Parts Summary

A History of the World Through Body Parts 92%

Cleopatra's nose, the Habsburg jaw, Byron's foot: world history retold through the body.

by Kathryn Petras 2022

3.99

228 ratings

🩺 Medical History 🎭 Cultural History 🦴 History Of The Body

Beauty Sick

by Renee Engeln • 2017

The mental job of monitoring their own bodies costs women more than any beauty product.

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🪞 Body Image 📖 Cultural Criticism 💄 Beauty Ideals

Beauty Sick 91%

The mental job of monitoring their own bodies costs women more than any beauty product.

by Renee Engeln 2017

4.13

7k+ ratings

🪞 Body Image 📖 Cultural Criticism 💄 Beauty Ideals

More Than a Body

by Lexie Kite • 2020

Your body was never supposed to be looked at first. It was built to experience life.

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🪞 Body Image 👁️ Self-Objectification 💄 Beauty Standards

More Than a Body 91%

Your body was never supposed to be looked at first. It was built to experience life.

by Lexie Kite 2020

4.14

8k+ ratings

🪞 Body Image 👁️ Self-Objectification 💄 Beauty Standards

The Beauty Myth

by Naomi Wolf • 1990

Beauty standards are a weapon of social control, and they intensify every time women advance.

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🏛️ Body Politics 🍽️ Diet Culture 🌊 Third Wave Feminism

The Beauty Myth 91%

Beauty standards are a weapon of social control, and they intensify every time women advance.

by Naomi Wolf 1990

3.91

31k+ ratings

🏛️ Body Politics 🍽️ Diet Culture 🌊 Third Wave Feminism

Womanhood

by Laura Dodsworth • 2019

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

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107

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism

Womanhood 90%

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

by Laura Dodsworth 2019

4.45

107 ratings

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism

Unshrinking

by Kate Manne • 2024

Dieting fails almost everyone; the real threat to fat people is stigma, not fat itself.

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🧡 Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma

Unshrinking 90%

Dieting fails almost everyone; the real threat to fat people is stigma, not fat itself.

by Kate Manne 2024

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧡 Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma

"You Just Need to Lose Weight"

by Aubrey Gordon • 2023

Twenty myths about fat people dismantled: the real epidemic is anti-fat bias, not body size.

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✊ Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture 🏥 Medical Bias

"You Just Need to Lose Weight" 90%

Twenty myths about fat people dismantled: the real epidemic is anti-fat bias, not body size.

by Aubrey Gordon 2023

4.32

12k+ ratings

✊ Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture 🏥 Medical Bias

Pixel Flesh

by Ellen Atlanta • 2024

Beauty culture promised freedom and delivered algorithms. The empowerment was always a sales pitch.

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💄 Beauty Culture ✊ Body Politics 📱 Social Media Harm

Pixel Flesh 90%

Beauty culture promised freedom and delivered algorithms. The empowerment was always a sales pitch.

by Ellen Atlanta 2024

3.98

2k+ ratings

💄 Beauty Culture ✊ Body Politics 📱 Social Media Harm

The Dirt on Clean

by Katherine Ashenburg • 2007

Roman luxury, medieval sin, modern obsession: the hidden forces that shaped our hygiene.

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🧼 History Of Hygiene 🔍 Microhistory 🦵 Body History

The Dirt on Clean 89%

Roman luxury, medieval sin, modern obsession: the hidden forces that shaped our hygiene.

by Katherine Ashenburg 2007

3.71

3k+ ratings

🧼 History Of Hygiene 🔍 Microhistory 🦵 Body History

Anti-Diet

by Christy Harrison • 2019

98 percent of diets fail. The epidemic was fabricated, and weight stigma is the real damage.

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8k+

🍽️ Intuitive Eating ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🚫 Diet Culture Critique

Anti-Diet 89%

98 percent of diets fail. The epidemic was fabricated, and weight stigma is the real damage.

by Christy Harrison 2019

4.26

8k+ ratings

🍽️ Intuitive Eating ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🚫 Diet Culture Critique

Tits Up

by Sarah Thornton • 2024

A mastectomy sends a sociologist into strip clubs and milk banks to learn what breasts mean.

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✊ Bodily Autonomy 💋 Sex-Positive Feminism 🗿 Cultural Anthropology

Tits Up 89%

A mastectomy sends a sociologist into strip clubs and milk banks to learn what breasts mean.

by Sarah Thornton 2024

3.66

2k+ ratings

✊ Bodily Autonomy 💋 Sex-Positive Feminism 🗿 Cultural Anthropology

Going Gray

by Anne Kreamer • 2007

She stopped dyeing her hair, posted the gray photo, and her dating matches tripled.

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👩‍🦳 Female Aging 💅 Beauty Standards 🦋 Midlife Reinvention

Going Gray 89%

She stopped dyeing her hair, posted the gray photo, and her dating matches tripled.

by Anne Kreamer 2007

3.36

1k+ ratings

👩‍🦳 Female Aging 💅 Beauty Standards 🦋 Midlife Reinvention

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl

by Tess Holliday • 2017

Too fat to model, she posted a photo anyway. That post launched a global movement.

3.54

880

🪞 Body Image ✊ Fat Positivity 👗 Plus-Size Experience

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl Summary

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl 89%

Too fat to model, she posted a photo anyway. That post launched a global movement.

by Tess Holliday 2017

3.54

880 ratings

🪞 Body Image ✊ Fat Positivity 👗 Plus-Size Experience

Body Neutral

by Jessi Kneeland • 2023

Four hidden reasons your body image won't budge, and a plan to solve each one.

4.05

380

🪞 Body Image Healing 🍽️ Diet Culture 🎭 Emotional Avoidance

Body Neutral 89%

Four hidden reasons your body image won't budge, and a plan to solve each one.

by Jessi Kneeland 2023

4.05

380 ratings

🪞 Body Image Healing 🍽️ Diet Culture 🎭 Emotional Avoidance

Reclaiming Body Trust

by Hilary Kinavey • 2022

Diet culture taught you to distrust your body. Healing that relationship requires zero pounds lost.

4.37

944

🫂 Body Image Healing 🚫 Anti-Diet ✊ Body Liberation

Reclaiming Body Trust 89%

Diet culture taught you to distrust your body. Healing that relationship requires zero pounds lost.

by Hilary Kinavey 2022

4.37

944 ratings

🫂 Body Image Healing 🚫 Anti-Diet ✊ Body Liberation

Swole

by Michael Andor Brodeur • 2024

What if big muscles are just drag? A gay bodybuilder makes the case.

3.76

408

🏛️ History Of Masculinity 🎭 Masculine Performance 💪 Bodybuilding Culture

Swole 89%

What if big muscles are just drag? A gay bodybuilder makes the case.

by Michael Andor Brodeur 2024

3.76

408 ratings

🏛️ History Of Masculinity 🎭 Masculine Performance 💪 Bodybuilding Culture

Flawless

by Elise Hu • 2023

Korea's beauty industry perfected skincare and the feeling you will never stop fixing yourself.

4.04

3k+

🧴 Korean Beauty Culture 💄 Beauty Standards 👁️ Lookism

Flawless 89%

Korea's beauty industry perfected skincare and the feeling you will never stop fixing yourself.

by Elise Hu 2023

4.04

3k+ ratings

🧴 Korean Beauty Culture 💄 Beauty Standards 👁️ Lookism

All in Her Head

by Elizabeth Comen • 2024

Hysteria was dropped from the DSM decades ago. Its logic still shapes how doctors hear women's pain.

4.29

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🏛️ Medical History 📜 Feminist History 🩺 Women'S Health

All in Her Head 89%

Hysteria was dropped from the DSM decades ago. Its logic still shapes how doctors hear women's pain.

by Elizabeth Comen 2024

4.29

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Medical History 📜 Feminist History 🩺 Women'S Health

Two Whole Cakes

by Lesley Kinzel • 2012

Dieting fails by design. The real victory is stopping the cycle and reclaiming the word fat.

4.11

475

💪 Fat Acceptance 🚫 Anti-Diet ⚕️ Health At Every Size

Two Whole Cakes 89%

Dieting fails by design. The real victory is stopping the cycle and reclaiming the word fat.

by Lesley Kinzel 2012

4.11

475 ratings

💪 Fat Acceptance 🚫 Anti-Diet ⚕️ Health At Every Size

Twelve Caesars

by Mary Beard • 2021

Suetonius named twelve Caesars. A millennium of misidentification, satire, and reinvention followed.

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🏛️ Roman Portraiture 👑 Imperial Iconography 📚 Classical Reception

Twelve Caesars 89%

Suetonius named twelve Caesars. A millennium of misidentification, satire, and reinvention followed.

by Mary Beard 2021

3.68

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Roman Portraiture 👑 Imperial Iconography 📚 Classical Reception

The Lost Art of Dress

by Linda Przybyszewski • 2014

Before fast fashion, women educators taught America that art and thrift, not wealth, made style.

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👗 Fashion History 🇺🇸 American Fashion 🏠 Home Economics

The Lost Art of Dress 89%

Before fast fashion, women educators taught America that art and thrift, not wealth, made style.

by Linda Przybyszewski 2014

3.87

1k+ ratings

👗 Fashion History 🇺🇸 American Fashion 🏠 Home Economics

Body Respect

by Linda Bacon • 2014

BMI standards were written by the weight-loss industry, and dieting trains your body to gain weight.

4.19

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🔬 Weight Science 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma

Body Respect 89%

BMI standards were written by the weight-loss industry, and dieting trains your body to gain weight.

by Linda Bacon 2014

4.19

2k+ ratings

🔬 Weight Science 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma

Bleu

by Michel Pastoureau • 2000

The Virgin Mary, a French king, and denim: how blue went from barbarian to beloved.

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🏛️ Cultural History 🎨 Color History 👗 Fashion History

Bleu 89%

The Virgin Mary, a French king, and denim: how blue went from barbarian to beloved.

by Michel Pastoureau 2000

3.99

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Cultural History 🎨 Color History 👗 Fashion History

History of Beauty

by Umberto Eco • 2004

Beauty was never absolute. Every era invents its own: from sacred light to industrial symmetry.

3.82

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🎨 Aesthetic Theory 🏛️ Western Art History 💎 Concept Of Beauty

History of Beauty 89%

Beauty was never absolute. Every era invents its own: from sacred light to industrial symmetry.

by Umberto Eco 2004

3.82

68k+ ratings

🎨 Aesthetic Theory 🏛️ Western Art History 💎 Concept Of Beauty

The Psychology of Clothes

by John Carl Flügel • 1930

You wear clothes to be seen, not hidden. The other reasons are stories you tell yourself.

3.58

🧠 Fashion Psychology 📖 Fashion Theory 🏺 Material Culture

The Psychology of Clothes 89%

You wear clothes to be seen, not hidden. The other reasons are stories you tell yourself.

by John Carl Flügel 1930

3.58

79 ratings

🧠 Fashion Psychology 📖 Fashion Theory 🏺 Material Culture

Breaking Free from Body Shame

by Jess Connolly • 2021

Real freedom from body shame doesn't come from fixing yourself. It starts when you worship instead.

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✝️ Christian Body Image 🙏 Women'S Spirituality 🕊️ Grace Theology

Breaking Free from Body Shame 89%

Real freedom from body shame doesn't come from fixing yourself. It starts when you worship instead.

by Jess Connolly 2021

4.39

4k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Body Image 🙏 Women'S Spirituality 🕊️ Grace Theology

Health At Every Size

by Linda Bacon • 2008

Weight stigma kills; dieting backfires. The biology-rooted case for health without the scale.

4.18

6k+

🩺 Health At Every Size 🧠 Intuitive Eating ✊ Fat Acceptance

Health At Every Size 89%

Weight stigma kills; dieting backfires. The biology-rooted case for health without the scale.

by Linda Bacon 2008

4.18

6k+ ratings

🩺 Health At Every Size 🧠 Intuitive Eating ✊ Fat Acceptance

On Muscle

by Bonnie Tsui • 2025

The tissue that moves you also makes you: muscle's hidden role in joy, identity, and resilience.

3.77

2k+

🧬 Muscle Biology 🏋️ Exercise Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

On Muscle 89%

The tissue that moves you also makes you: muscle's hidden role in joy, identity, and resilience.

by Bonnie Tsui 2025

3.77

2k+ ratings

🧬 Muscle Biology 🏋️ Exercise Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

The Hunger Artists

by Maud Ellmann • 1993

Why self-starvation is always a form of writing, from Irish hunger strikers to Kafka.

3.82

📖 Literary Criticism 🧠 Psychoanalysis 🗣️ Body Politics

The Hunger Artists 88%

Why self-starvation is always a form of writing, from Irish hunger strikers to Kafka.

by Maud Ellmann 1993

3.82

50 ratings

📖 Literary Criticism 🧠 Psychoanalysis 🗣️ Body Politics

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

Two creation myths birthed a hatred that shaped laws, medicine, and war for three thousand years.

4.27

📜 Patriarchy History 🏛️ Gender History 🔥 Witch Hunts

A Brief History of Misogyny 88%

Two creation myths birthed a hatred that shaped laws, medicine, and war for three thousand years.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.27

49 ratings

📜 Patriarchy History 🏛️ Gender History 🔥 Witch Hunts

Off With Her Head

by Eleanor Herman • 2022

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

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🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism

Off With Her Head 88%

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

by Eleanor Herman 2022

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism

England's Mistress

by Kate Williams • 2006

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

3.91

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women'S Biography 🎨 Artist'S Muse

England's Mistress 88%

A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.

by Kate Williams 2006

3.91

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England 👩‍🎨 Women'S Biography 🎨 Artist'S Muse

The Body Is Not an Apology

by Sonya Renee Taylor • 2018

Your body shame is a business model. Reclaiming your body is the exit strategy.

4.21

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🌸 Body Positivity ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🍽️ Anti-Diet Culture

The Body Is Not an Apology 88%

Your body shame is a business model. Reclaiming your body is the exit strategy.

by Sonya Renee Taylor 2018

4.21

31k+ ratings

🌸 Body Positivity ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🍽️ Anti-Diet Culture

Hunger

by Roxane Gay • 2017

Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.

4.17

122k+

🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating ⚖️ Fat Acceptance

Hunger 88%

Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.

by Roxane Gay 2017

4.17

122k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating ⚖️ Fat Acceptance

Unfiltered

by Lily Collins • 2017

Actress known for polished roles reveals the eating disorder and emotional abuse behind the camera.

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11k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🪞 Body Image

Unfiltered 88%

Actress known for polished roles reveals the eating disorder and emotional abuse behind the camera.

by Lily Collins 2017

3.84

11k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🪞 Body Image

Right Body For You

by Gary M. Douglas • 2012

What if food, aging, and pain aren't fixed realities? The consciousness tools that shift them.

4.41

134

🪞 Body Image 🍽️ Intuitive Eating ⏳ Conscious Aging

Right Body For You 88%

What if food, aging, and pain aren't fixed realities? The consciousness tools that shift them.

by Gary M. Douglas 2012

4.41

134 ratings

🪞 Body Image 🍽️ Intuitive Eating ⏳ Conscious Aging

Flesh and Stone

by Richard Sennett • 1996

Why Western cities silence the body, and how the body fights back in stone.

4.28

541

🏙️ Urban History 🧬 History Of The Body 🏛️ Architectural Theory

Flesh and Stone 88%

Why Western cities silence the body, and how the body fights back in stone.

by Richard Sennett 1996

4.28

541 ratings

🏙️ Urban History 🧬 History Of The Body 🏛️ Architectural Theory

Clean

by James Hamblin • 2020

Your skin hosts trillions of microbes. Overwashing can destroy the ones that protect you.

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🦠 Microbiome 🤧 Hygiene Hypothesis 💄 Skincare Industry

Clean 88%

Your skin hosts trillions of microbes. Overwashing can destroy the ones that protect you.

by James Hamblin 2020

3.89

5k+ ratings

🦠 Microbiome 🤧 Hygiene Hypothesis 💄 Skincare Industry

Women in the Valley of the Kings

by Kathleen Sheppard • 2024

Egyptology's famous men dug up tombs. The women who built the field got erased.

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2k+

🏛️ History Of Egyptology 🧳 Victorian Travel 🔬 Women In Science

Women in the Valley of the Kings Summary

Women in the Valley of the Kings 88%

Egyptology's famous men dug up tombs. The women who built the field got erased.

by Kathleen Sheppard 2024

3.50

2k+ ratings

🏛️ History Of Egyptology 🧳 Victorian Travel 🔬 Women In Science

Sexing the Body

by Anne Fausto-Sterling • 2000

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

4.16

3k+

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism

Sexing the Body 88%

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

by Anne Fausto-Sterling 2000

4.16

3k+ ratings

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism

Sexy by Nature

by Stefani Ruper • 2014

Forget the scale. Sex appeal starts with whole foods, balanced hormones, and self-acceptance.

3.85

235

🩺 Women'S Health 🥗 Whole Foods Nutrition 💪 Body Positivity

Sexy by Nature 88%

Forget the scale. Sex appeal starts with whole foods, balanced hormones, and self-acceptance.

by Stefani Ruper 2014

3.85

235 ratings

🩺 Women'S Health 🥗 Whole Foods Nutrition 💪 Body Positivity

Hell Hath No Fury

by Meghan R. Henning • 2021

Early Christian hell's gendered torments mapped a pattern for bodily control that we still enforce.

4.40

⛪ Early Christianity ♿ Disability Studies ♀️ Feminist Theology

Hell Hath No Fury 88%

Early Christian hell's gendered torments mapped a pattern for bodily control that we still enforce.

by Meghan R. Henning 2021

4.40

15 ratings

⛪ Early Christianity ♿ Disability Studies ♀️ Feminist Theology

Sex in the Heartland

by Bailey • 1999

The sexual revolution was made in Kansas, by ordinary people who never planned on a revolution.

3.74

157

❤️‍🔥 Sexual Revolution 🌾 American Heartland 🎓 Campus Culture

Sex in the Heartland 88%

The sexual revolution was made in Kansas, by ordinary people who never planned on a revolution.

by Bailey 1999

3.74

157 ratings

❤️‍🔥 Sexual Revolution 🌾 American Heartland 🎓 Campus Culture

Medical Apartheid

by Harriet A. Washington • 2007

Tuskegee was not an anomaly. A sweeping history of medicine exploiting Black Americans for research.

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🏥 Medical History 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Scientific Racism

Medical Apartheid 88%

Tuskegee was not an anomaly. A sweeping history of medicine exploiting Black Americans for research.

by Harriet A. Washington 2007

4.43

10k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Scientific Racism

Libido Dominandi

by E. Michael Jones • 1999

The sexual revolution didn't free us. It handed the controllers a new way to own our desires.

4.28

292

🚻 Sexual Politics 🧠 Social Engineering 📖 History Of Sexuality

Libido Dominandi 88%

The sexual revolution didn't free us. It handed the controllers a new way to own our desires.

by E. Michael Jones 1999

4.28

292 ratings

🚻 Sexual Politics 🧠 Social Engineering 📖 History Of Sexuality

Bachelor Girl

by Betsy Israel • 2002

The hidden history of single women: from spinsters to the women who refused to settle.

3.72

1k+

💃 Single Women 📚 Cultural History 🏙️ Urban Life

Bachelor Girl 88%

The hidden history of single women: from spinsters to the women who refused to settle.

by Betsy Israel 2002

3.72

1k+ ratings

💃 Single Women 📚 Cultural History 🏙️ Urban Life

Labor of Love

by Moira Weigel • 2016

The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.

3.69

1k+

🏛️ Cultural History ✊ Feminist History ⚧️ Gendered Expectations

Labor of Love 88%

The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.

by Moira Weigel 2016

3.69

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Cultural History ✊ Feminist History ⚧️ Gendered Expectations

Rethinking Diabetes

by Gary Taubes • 2024

Diabetes patients were told to eat more carbs. The studies behind that advice lasted only weeks.

4.17

559

🏥 Medical History 🍽️ Dietary Paradigms 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

Rethinking Diabetes 88%

Diabetes patients were told to eat more carbs. The studies behind that advice lasted only weeks.

by Gary Taubes 2024

4.17

559 ratings

🏥 Medical History 🍽️ Dietary Paradigms 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

My Body

by Emily Ratajkowski • 2021

Her body made her famous and gave her wealth. It turned her into someone else's product.

3.98

85k+

🎀 Beauty Standards 👁️ Male Gaze 💄 Beauty Industry

My Body 88%

Her body made her famous and gave her wealth. It turned her into someone else's product.

by Emily Ratajkowski 2021

3.98

85k+ ratings

🎀 Beauty Standards 👁️ Male Gaze 💄 Beauty Industry

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