1st Edition
Lesbians, Levis, and Lipstick The Meaning of Beauty in Our Lives
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
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What is lesbian beauty? Lesbians, Levis, and Lipstick: The Meaning of Beauty in Our Lives explores the many definitions of beauty among lesbians by discussing the norms they create and follow. In addition, it questions how these standards are influenced by heterosexual concepts of beauty. Here you’ll find essays, poems, and research papers from women who describe some of the freeing and... Read more
Contents
Introduction
- Part I: In the Eye of the Beholder: Identifying and Defining Lesbian Beauty Norms
- Yeah, You
- Beauty Mandates and the Appearance Obsession: Are Lesbian and Bisexual Women Better Off?
- Bisexual Women and Beauty Norms: A Qualitative Examination
- Lesbians Discuss Beauty and Aging
- Beauty on the Borderland: On Being Black Lesbian and Beautiful (no commas in TOC)
- Doing Beauty: Negotiating Lesbian Looks in Everyday Life
- Listen to the Roars and Whispers of Water
- Part II: Freedoms and Constraints of Lesbian Beauty Norms
- Confessions of a Butch Straight Woman
- Invisible Womon
- Lesbians Walk the Tightrope of Beauty: Thin Is In but Femme Is Out
- The Myth of the Short-Haired Lesbian
- Even My Hair Won’t Grow Straight
- Beauty and the Butch
- Part III: Compulsory Thinness: Are Lesbians Immune from the Barbie Mandate?
- Secret Torrent
- Lesbians and the Internalization of Societal Standards of Weight and Appearance
- Body Image, Compulsory Heterosexuality, and Internalized Homophobia
- Does Feminism Serve a Protective Function Against Eating Disorders?
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Joanie Erickson, Jeanine Cogan
