Objectification - Shopping2000.com

Fashioning Fat: Inside Plus-Size Modeling , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 387min

For two and a half years, Amanda Czerniawski was a sociologist turned plus-size model. Journeying into a world where, as a size 10, she was not considered an average body type, but rather, for the fashion industry, "plus-sized", Czerniawski studied the standards of work and image production in the plus-sized model industry. Fashioning Fat takes us through a model's day-to-day activities, first at open calls at modeling agencies and then through the fashion shows and photo shoots. Czerniawski also interviewed 35 plus-size models about their lives in the world of fashion, bringing to life the strange contradictions of being an object of non-idealized beauty. Fashioning Fat shows us that the mission of many of these models is to challenge our standards of beauty that privilege the thin body; they show us that fat can be sexy. Many plus-size models do often succeed in overcoming years of self-loathing and shame over their bodies, yet, as Czerniawski shows, these women are not the ones in charge of beauty's construction or dissemination. At the corporate level, the fashion industry perpetuates their objectification. Plus-size models must conform to an image created by fashion's tastemakers, as their bodies must fit within narrowly defined parameters of size and shape - an experience not too different from that of straight-sized models. Ultimately, plus-size models find that they are still molding their bodies to fit an image instead of molding an image of beauty to fit their bodies. A much-needed behind-the-scenes look at this growing industry, Fashioning Fat is a fascinating, unique, and important contribution to our understanding of beauty. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bettye Zoller Seitz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/096883/bk_acx0_096883_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

Shop: Audible
Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping

The Stone Shelter: A Stonebutch/Stonefemme Love Affair , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 499min

Have you been privy to the evolution of elegant, formal love letters shared between lovers? Have you uncovered the subtext interspersed in the courtship between a stonebutch and a stonefemme; the hidden trails to the secrets of their innermost workings?The Stone Shelter: A Stonebutch/Stonefemme Love Affair invites listeners into their first-ever glimpse of a real-life love affair between a stone couple. The audio is filled with copies of actual letters, texts, gifts, and stories that passed between the two. Included are the genteel and insightful discussions where they negotiate kinkier aspects of their dynamics; share their navigation of a blooming long distant love; as well as the erotic objectification, worship, and sexual banter that characterizes the evolution and expression of butch-femme desire. Think Gentleman Jack meets Mr. & Mrs. Smith and be prepared to have their words sear romantic chemistry that is both possible, and tangible, into your imagination.These are real letters, edited only for privacy and minor clarifications. Many of these samples were hand-written, their paper folded carefully and pressed into an envelope with red-wax seals, a stamp the proof of hope they arrive into their intended’s hands. Others were emailed, written into the glow of a late-night screen, the words needing to reach them with primal urgency. All entries take you, step by step, through the process these two, very cautious individuals - the author (writing as Isabel Dane) and her paramour, Atlas - followed. These two, who deeply value what they offer to a prospective partner, showcasing for our eyes only, old-fashioned/old-school (OFOS) at its most tender, affirming, and refined moments. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Melissa Green. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/235907/bk_acx0_235907_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

Shop: Audible
Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping

Beyond Bombshells: The New Action Heroine in Popular Culture , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 730min

Beyond Bombshells analyzes the cultural importance of strong women in a variety of current media forms. Action heroines are now more popular in movies, comic books, television, and literature than they have ever been. Their spectacular presence represents shifting ideas about female agency, power, and sexuality. Beyond Bombshells explores how action heroines reveal and reconfigure perceptions about how and why women are capable of physically dominating roles in modern fiction, indicating the various strategies used to contain and/or exploit female violence. Focusing on a range of successful and controversial recent heroines in the mass media, including Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games books and movies, Lisbeth Salander from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo novel and film, and Hit-Girl from the Kick-Ass movies and comic books, Brown argues that the role of action heroine reveals evolving beliefs about femininity. While women in action roles are still heavily sexualized and objectified, they also challenge preconceived myths about normal or culturally appropriate gender behavior. The ascribed sexuality of modern heroines remains Brown's consistent theme, particularly how objectification intersects with issues of racial stereotyping, romantic fantasies, images of violent adolescent and preadolescent girls, and neoliberal feminist revolutionary parables. Individual chapters study the gendered dynamics of torture in action films, the role of women in partnerships with male colleagues, young women as well as revolutionary leaders in dystopian societies, adolescent sexuality and romance in action narratives, the historical import of nonwhite heroines, and how modern African American, Asian, and Latina heroines both challenge and are restricted by longstanding racial stereotypes. The book is published by University Press of Mississippi. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ellery Truesdell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/059454/bk_acx0_059454_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

Shop: Audible
Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping

The 21 Laws of Being an Exotic Dancer , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 278min

There is no way to sugarcoat this. You are walking into an environment where all eyes are on you. Some eyes will be lurking in the shadows, and others will be breathing down your neck, staring right into your soul. Make your way quietly to the main stage and, within seconds, you'll realize the spotlight is really a microscope. You're looked up and down to the point of examination, from the tip of your toes to the top of your crown, from every tiger stripe and tattoo, to the way your fishnets squeeze and cuff your backside. You are indeed on display for the jungle to see. In this environment, objectification is to be expected, especially when you're on all fours twerking in a thong. You may find comfort in the dim red light, but know it doesn't hide any blemish or imperfection. In reality, the spotlight is glaring and unforgiving. It doesn't matter if you're naked or topless; alongside the brass pole, you stand exposed in more ways than one. Can you mentally handle the microscope? The conversation about life in the jungle continues. The first installment of the 21 Laws series (The 21 Laws of Surviving a Gentlemen's Club) dealt with the patron's agenda. Now, Darius and a select group of smart and savvy dancers have collaborated to examine what it takes to be an exotic dancer. The 21 Laws of Being an Exotic Dancer is the sacred text that deals with the intricacies of a racy profession that is based on providing a sexual fantasy while being entrenched in a carnal reality. Few jobs (especially legal ones) require you to balance, contrast, and merge the following dichotomies: Business vs. pleasure Predator vs. prey Lies vs. truth Fantasy vs. reality Like a sexier version of Lady Justice, you preside over those dichotomies. In one hand, you're holding a scale, carefully weighing the benefits of each dichotomy, and in the other ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michelle Jones. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/118483/bk_acx0_118483_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

Shop: Audible
Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping

The Fortress , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 675min

Jonathon Bridge has the corner office, the tailored suits and the impeccable pedigree. He has a fascinating wife, a child on the way and a string of nubile lovers on the side. He's a man who's going places. His world is our world: the same chaos and sprawl, haves and have-nots, men and women, skyscrapers and billboards. But it also exists alongside a vast, self-sustaining city-state called The Fortress where the indigenous inhabitants - the Vaik - continue to live much as they have always done. The Vaik is an all-female civilisation. The Fortress is cloistered from the outside world and connected to it by an arcane tradition that permits female victims of male violence to order their assailants into The Fortress indefinitely. Another way a man may enter The Fortress is as a supplicant. When Jonathon's pregnant wife Adalia discovers the ugly sexual violence pervading Jonathon's top-tier firm, she agrees to continue their fractured relationship on one condition: that Jonathon become a supplicant for a period of one year. Jonathon's arrival at The Fortress begins with a recitation of the conditions of his stay by Mandalay, the Vaik to whom he is assigned: he is forbidden to ask questions, to raise his hand in anger and to refuse sex. At times self-justifying, at other times lost, Jonathon is utterly unprepared for what will happen to him over the course of the year - not only to his body, but his mind and his heart. The Fortress is a psychological examination of the dark heart of modern masculinity. It is interested in what male sexual submission looks like and how a female civilisation might operate. It wants to know if listeners can be aroused by sex scenes that have nothing to do with female objectification - and even if such arousal is possible. It asks questions about consent, power, love and fulfilment in a pacey, explicit and confronting listen. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Aspel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030793/bk_adbl_030793_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

Shop: Audible
Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping