Cultura de la Delgadez(2019)
"A quietly mad population is a tractable one." - Naomi Wolf
Personal stories taken from a survey on how women's lives are affected by a culture obsessed with body image and thinness.
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Cultura de la Delgadez
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Personal stories taken from a survey on how women's lives are affected by a culture obsessed with body image and thinness.
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2019-11-23
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"A quietly mad population is a tractable one." - Naomi Wolf
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