{"product_id":"the-ministry-of-thin-isbn-9781619023291","title":"The Ministry of Thin","description":"We’re obsessed with weight, we dislike our bodies, we worry about the food we eat, we feel guilty, we diet. Too many of us are locked into a war with our own bodies which we’ll never win, and which will never make us happy. \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry of Thin\u003c\/i\u003e takes a controversial, unflinching look at how the modern, international obsession with weight loss, youth, beauty, and perfection has spun out of control. Emma Woolf, author of \u003ci\u003e An Apple a Day,\u003c\/i\u003e explores how we might all be able to stop hating and start liking our own bodies again. She rallies against the industries of food, health, exercise, beauty, sex, and surgery that seek to create a world that verges on the Orwellian —with the victims of this onslaught trapped and dominated by the societal pressures to conform.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd she dares to ask: if losing weight is the answer, what is the question?\"Woolf . . . writes about women's addiction to dieting and self-deprecation with eye-opening candor.\"—\u003ci\u003eMore Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Woolf uses her distinctively conversational voice and nimble sense of humor to keep her arresting insights into our obsession with thinness as well as modern-day feminism and fertility from getting too downbeat. Candid, revealing, and invaluable.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Woolf\u003c\/b\u003e is the great-niece of Virginia Woolf. After studying English at Oxford University she worked in publishing, before becoming a full-time writer. She is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e and also writes for \u003ci\u003eThe Independent, The Mail on Sunday, Harper’s Bazaar, Red, Grazia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePsychologies\u003c\/i\u003e. She was a co-presenter on BBC Channel 4’s \u003ci\u003eSupersize vs Superskinny\u003c\/i\u003e; other media appearances include \u003ci\u003eNewsnight, Woman’s Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRadio 4’s Four Thought\u003c\/i\u003e. Emma’s first book, \u003ci\u003eAn Apple a Day: A Memoir of Love and Recovery from Anorexia\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Best Award for Recovery Inspiration. She was also nominated for Mind’s Journalist of the Year. She lives in London.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300384624869,"sku":"NP9781619023291","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781619023291.jpg?v=1767740521","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-ministry-of-thin-isbn-9781619023291","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}