When an obsession with outer beauty gets in your head so much that it makes you sick, that’s a serious problem, says Northwestern professor Renee Engeln.
She joins us to talk about her new book, “Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women.”
Click here to read an excerpt.
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