“Today’s fashion magazines may carry an article about the dangers of anorexia while bombarding its readers with images of emaciated young bodies representing the height of beauty and desirability.”

—  Bell Hooks

As quoted in Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (2014), p.34

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American author, feminist, and social activist 1952

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