Pixel Flesh

Pixel Flesh How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women

Hardback (09 May 2024)

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Publisher's Synopsis

'A brilliant clarion call for better' GINA MARTIN

'A must read' ROXIE NAFOUSI

'An essential mirror reflecting the profound impact of beauty culture on our lives' CHLOÉ COOPER JONES

A generation defining exposé of toxic beauty culture and the realities of coming of age online

We are living in a new age of beauty. With advancements in cosmetic surgery, augmented reality face filters, photo editing apps, and exposure to more images than ever, we have the ability to craft a version of ourselves that we want everyone to see. We pinch, pull, squeeze, tweeze, smooth and slice ourselves beyond recognition. But is our beauty culture truly empowering? Are we really in control?

In Pixel Flesh, Ellen Atlanta holds a mirror up to our modern beauty ideal and the harm it is doing to women all around the world. Weaving in her own personal story with those of other women, she reconfigures our obsession with the cult of beauty and explores the realities of living in a digitally obsessed world where the pressure to present yourself both virtually and in person is all-consuming.

Providing an eye-opening account of the realities young women face under a dominant industry, Pixel Flesh unmasks the absurdities of the dystopia we find ourselves living in. Both a rallying cry and a refusal to suffer in silence, this is the defining book on what it feels like to exist as a woman today.

Book information

ISBN: 9781472298775
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Imprint: Headline
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.42
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 608g
Height: 163mm
Width: 242mm
Spine width: 35mm