Quote by Mary Pipher Download Open image ““When unnatural thinness became attractive, girls did unnatural things to be thin.”” — Mary Pipher ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
Girls developed eating disorders when our culture developed a standard of beauty that they couldn't obtain by being healthy. When unnatural thinness became attractive,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I was familiar with the realms of unnatural, for I myself was an unnatural. Not a monster in appearance; I looked like other young… — Adam McOmber Copy Share Image
“Lo, everything that made me pretty was intrinsic to motherhood, and my very desire that men find me attractive was the contrivance of a… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
“Then there was the realisation that I didn't actually feel that much better when I was thin(ner). In fact the 'thin' version felt worse… — Helen Brown Copy Share Image
“A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience." -Naomi Wolf” — Stacey M. Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
“I grew up accepting the inevitability that once you became a woman, you were always on a diet. Being a woman equaled loss.” — Cathy Alter Copy Share Image
“One thin I know from my own experience: Beauty doesn't make anybody into a whole person. -Vassa in the Night” — Sarah Porter Copy Share Image
“The damage to her body, the wear and the weariness, were all products of conscious, determined choices made by a girl she hadn’t been… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“She is so beautiful she is unnatural; her beauty is an abnormality, a deformity, for none of her features exhibit any of those touching… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“Girls had changed. They had liberated themselves from their corsets only to throw themselves at the tyranny of the "diet plan." They were all… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Teenage girls are extremists who see the world in black-and- white terms, missing shades of gray. Life is either marvelous or notworth living. School… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
We live in a world filled with language. Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human community. Writers are either polluters or part… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
“Finally I teach the joys of altruism. Many adolescent girls are self-absorbed. It's not a character flaw, it's a developmental stage. Nonetheless, in makes… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
“It's virtually impossible in America to be heavy and feel good about oneself.” — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you? — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
If there's a therapist who wants a writing project, I think there's a need for a book about how the culture affects the mental… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
We tend to value military heroes and Schwarzenegger types who are physically courageous. The heroics of doing the right thing every day even when… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
People come here penniless but not cultureless. They bring us gifts. We can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs.… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
“Young men need to be socialized in such a way that rape is as unthinkable to them as cannibalism.” — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
Something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence. Just as planes and ships disappear mysteriously into the Bermuda Triangle, so do the selves of… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts. — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
Therapy isn't Radio.We don't need to constantly fill the air with sounds. Sometimes, when its quite, surprising things happen. — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
