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Mar 17Liked by Sable Yong

Not sure if this counts as a "beauty book" per se, but if you liked Thick, maybe check out Belly of the Beast by DaShaun Harrison, which also tackles the intersection of racism, fatphobia, gendered violence, and conventional standards of attractiveness.

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oh wow, THANK YOU! i’ve been looking for beauty books to read, but my local library picks are abysmal. searching online gave very mixed results and how SEO-driven websites described them made me wary.

this is everything i wanted. thank you again!!!

fellow commenters: book club!? hahahha

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Sable, thank you for this excellent syllabus. Another book, published many years ago but still relevant, is Nancy Etcoff's Survival of the Prettiest. xo

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oooo love this, intrigued by disobedient bodies and natural beauty has been on my list for a while! i feel like you would also really like truth and beauty by ann patchett!

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Mar 17Liked by Sable Yong

Excited to add some of these to my reading list!

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So much work here, thank you

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Mar 18Liked by Sable Yong

Natural Beauty is a blazingly fast, engrossing read. Chiming in to second your endorsement and I totally feel you on the Widdows book… THANK you for the thoughtful reviews and can’t wait to read your collection 🫶

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Look at My Ugly Face: Myths and Musings on Beauty and Other Perilous Obsessions with Women's Appearance by Sara Halprin is worth a gander. It's been a while since I read it but I recall being taken by it

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I just finished Natural Beauty. Wow…I’m going to be processing my thoughts and feelings for several days probably, but I wanted to thank you right away for recommending it. One of the best books I’ve read in a long time. 💜

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Mar 21Liked by Sable Yong

Yessss Natural Beauty was absolutely one of my fave reads last year!!

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Mar 21Liked by Sable Yong

Rouge was my favorite beauty read lately !!! So good, similar to Natural Beauty :)

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