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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
restrictive aspects of lesbian beauty.Lesbians, Levis, and
Lipstick: The Meaning of Beauty in Our Lives examines the way
lesbians define and explore the notion of beauty. Through moving,
personal stories and well-represented research, this book leads the
reader on a path of exploration about beauty norms and the way they
liberate and confine lesbians.This sometimes humorous book is an
in-depth and insightful examination of beauty practices and how
lesbians use them as an expression of style and image and as a
means of identifying one another. Compelling topics include:
lesbians'diverse expressions and understandings of beauty the
gender of a bisexual woman's partner and how it impacts her beauty
routines and self-image beauty standards of older lesbians and how
their views on the qualities of potential partners and on their own
partners change as they age the beauty standards of lesbian and
bisexual women of color pressures on lesbians to be thin and how
this affects their feelings about their bodies and themselves
feminism and its potential role in protecting women from eating
disorders and negative body imagePersonal, intelligent, and
informative, Lesbians, Levis, and Lipstick gives you insight into
the meanings of lesbian beauty. Emphasizing strength, confidence,
and self-acceptance as attractive qualities, this uplifting book
will help you realize your own beauty and give you a new freedom to
experiment with fresh expressions of it.
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