Contents

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Epigraph

From a visit to the newsstand …

An Introduction to Our Obsession

PART I THE BODY

1. Where women’s bodies came from

2. Where women’s bodies come from

3. The power of curves

PART II THE MIND

4. What men want and why it doesn’t matter

5. Trapped in a vessel of flesh

6. Comfort and discomfort eating

7. A malaise of shapes

PART III THE WORLD

8. Following the fashion

9. Covering up and tucking in

10. Why women care and why it’s complicated

Acknowledgements

Selected Bibliography

Index

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