|
| Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers | 
 enlarge | Author: Nancy Amanda Redd
Publisher: Gotham
Category: Book
List Price: $20.00
Buy New: $10.79
You Save: $9.21 (46%)
New (47) Used (14) from $10.79
Avg. Customer Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 1429
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 7.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1592403263
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.008352
EAN: 9781592403264
ASIN: 1592403263
Publication Date: December 27, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Absolutely Brand New & In Stock. 100% 30-Day Money Back. Direct from our warehouse. Ships by USPS. 1+ million customers served-In business since 1986. Happy Customers is Our #1 Goal. Toll Free Support
|
| Customer Reviews:
 drama ... for sure January 28, 2008
11 out of 22 found this review helpful
I purchased this at a bookstore and I impression off the shelf was that it was way too simple. Lots of topics are brought up, but that's all its like a big book of headlines. I thought the plentiful naked girl pictures was just a little over the top. Though the sentiment of the book is corrct we all want our young people to love their young growing bodies, I thought the book missed the mark. One star for honesty and one for trying. Further, my daughter felt even more strongly that the pictures were way to random, scattered through the chapters. And she too gave the book back to me saying "it doesn't say much about any of the topics."
 The new body bible for girls and women! December 27, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Using real, unretouched pictures of real women, 'Body Drama' accurately addresses the secret concerns of hundreds of women I've seen over the years in my practice at the New York University Student Health Center.
'Body Drama' answers every question girls and women have ever had about what we look like and what our bodies do ("Is this normal??").
I highly recommend this as a body bible for teens, tweens, and many of us who will never see 19 again -- a must-read for every young woman.
Virgie Bright-Ellington, MD
New York, NY
 Important information but... March 1, 2008
9 out of 37 found this review helpful
The premise of the book is wonderful. But I thought some of the pictures were gross (the row of vulvas) and I'm an RN! It's my opinion that there are some things that should simply remain "clinical" and left for textbooks. Also we're taught as nurses to go out of our way to respect the privacy of patients. I've seen all kinds of bodies as I've helped patients to bathe and dress but this book really saddened me. The word "exploitation" came to mind when I saw those pictures.
I think there is a way to convey all the useful information in a classier and more respectful way. Faces could have been covered with really fun hats with a wide brim or made unrecognizable in other creative ways. Yes, it's good to see that there are all sorts of bodies and to accept and love "what you got". But I think it's a shame that these beautiful young women were convinced that it's OK to publish your naked body. I wonder how their fathers feel now that their sweet baby girl has been exposed to the entire world. And what about their grandfathers and the boy next door, the entire student body of their school and possibly even their pastor? I wonder if these girls even thought about the ramifications when they agreed to the photos. I would bet that there will be some serious regret that occurs among those young ladies if it hasn't already.
One other point I feel is important. As much as we want girls to accept their bodies and not get into the tangle of eating disorders, some of the girls pictured were obese. I don't think it's at all right to validate and praise bodies that are the way they are because of unhealthy practices. Curves and some extra padding on the hips and abdomen are normal, but not the kind of fat shown on some of those girls. We just shouldn't allow this to become the new norm. That would be doing millions of overweight girls a real disservice.
Body Drama puts it all in perspective! December 27, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I got an advanced copy of Body Drama and while it's primarily aimed at teenage girls with questions about their bodies, I read it from cover to cover and learned a whole lot more than any 28-year-old grown woman should ever admit to not ever having known. I can't even keep the book in my office because people keep coming by trying to 'borrow' it - it has recipes for easy facials, explains why you're really not a freak for having an inverted nipple or cellulite, features the author's own personal body dramas, and has amazingly candid photos and advice about things that no one even wants to bring up to their doctor (let's just say that if I had read the section about pubic ingrown hairs at the age of 12 I probably wouldn't have been convinced that I had herpes even though I was as pure as the driven snow). And did I mention that I saw Nancy Redd in the Swimsuit competition with her amazing body and LOOOVE the fact that she's willing to talk about her own body dramas in this book? I have never felt so normal and gorgeous with my overweight, ingrown haired, greasy skinned self! AND its funny and entertaining. Seriously, Body Drama should be required reading and needs to replace health class as the way that any woman learns what is what.
Not all it's cracked up to be. March 31, 2008
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
While this book does SAY not all bodies are created equal, and it does have some fantastic pictures to back up that statement, it then proceeds to spend a full third of its text on how to make your less equal body more like the beauty pagent body we should apparently ALL be striving for. I also found the picture layouts to be a little too intense - like they were done for shock appeal rather than illustrative use. Too bad. All those photos used more wisely would have made this book. Unfortunately, the truely educational text is much too shallow, just enough information to lead to real questions with no answers in sight. If you truely wish to educate your teen or pre-teen, try It's Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris.
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
