Published in 2004 (first published 2000)
400 pages
Ophira Edut, along with her identical twin sister Tali Edut (known together as the AstroTwins), are professional astrologers. They’ve been the official astrologers for ELLE for over a decade. Detroit natives and graduates of The University of Michigan, Ophira and Tali reside in New York City and Seattle.
What is this book about?
Pick up a magazine, turn on the TV, and you’ll find few women who haven’t been fried, dyed, plucked, or tucked. In short, you’ll see no body outlaws.
The writers in this groundbreaking anthology reveal a world where bodies come in all their many-splendored shapes, sizes, colors, and textures. In doing so, they expand the national dialogue on body image to include race, ethnicity, sexuality, and power—issues that, while often overlooked, are intimately linked to how women feel about their bodies. Body Outlaws offers stories by those who have chosen to ignore, subvert, or redefine the dominant beauty standard in order to feel at home in their bodies.
