Published in 2009
160 pages
Audrey D. Brashich was a former teen model before becoming an editor and writer for teen and women’s magazines. Her work has appeared in Teen People, YM, Sassy, Elle Girl, Cosmo Girl, Shape, Ms., Health, and many others.
Shawn Banner says this project was perfect for him, because his mother is and always has been a great feminist. He is raising his daughter to be one too. Shawn lives and teaches elementary school in Saratoga Springs, New York.
What is this book about?
Don’t believe everything you read.
Open any magazine or turn on any T.V. show and you’ll be bombarded with air brushed, perfectly styled and made-up celebrities and super models, icons of beauty that real women can never match. Too often, girls, measure themselves against these unrealistic images and find themselves lacking. But we can all break free from the cult of celebrity and start liking the face we see in the mirror once we understand that many of these images of beauty are all made up.
In the spirit of Fast Food Nation, media-awareness activist Audrey Brashich delivers an in-depth, informative, and eye-opening look at the effect the media and pop culture has on young women’s self images.
