{"product_id":"the-tyranny-of-thinness-celine-leboeuf-9798889844068","title":"The Tyranny of Thinness: Understanding and Resisting the Pressure to Be Skinny","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fearlessly feminist philosophical approach to defying diet culture, cultivating radical self-care, and rediscovering empowered embodiment \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInformed by personal narrative, cultural studies, and the work of luminaries from Simone de Beauvoir and Mary Wollstonecraft to Audre Lorde and Roxane Gay \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this timely and unflinching manifesto, Dr. Celine Leboeuf unpacks the philosophical and oppressive systems that sustain our cultural obsession with being thin--why it's framed as something to \"achieve,\" how it's predicated on exclusion, and that the goalposts are racist and misogynistic--and always moving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on memoir, feminist theory, and cultural analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Tyranny of Thinness\u003c\/i\u003e is a wide-ranging and erudite treatise on how the skinny ideal shapes our earliest memories and experiences--and steals joy, agency, and self-determination from our adolescences, our social identities, our ambitions, and even our sense of moral worth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 1 traces the origins of fatphobia in anti-Black racism, unpacking how thinness as an ideal is both carefully constructed and state-sanctioned. Dr. Leboeuf shows how self-objectification is instilled in young girls and diverted toward activities that enforce objectification. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 2 offers a path forward. Through embodied practices like intuitive eating, joyful movement, sensual awareness, community care, and the philosophical exercise of world-remaking, \u003ci\u003eThe Tyranny of Thinness\u003c\/i\u003e outlines compassionate, realistic, and self-empowering strategies for resisting the lies and pressures that we've been programmed to strive for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the resurrection of heroin chic and thinspo to the rise of #SkinnyTok and Ozempic, Dr. Leboeuf exposes how thinness becomes a political weapon--and shows how the body positivity movement has been coopted and repackaged. This book is an elevated must-read for anyone struggling with body image--and every reader searching to understand what the culture dictates about beauty and perceived worth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Celine LeBoeuf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889844068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Celine LeBoeuf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440814665983,"sku":"9798889844068","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2a5d44b-45c9-4097-a0bb-2ffe445248e3.jpg?v=1777186843","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tyranny-of-thinness-celine-leboeuf-9798889844068","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}