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...Manhattan, designer boutiques like Betwixt and Infinity sell adult labels at adult prices in Alice-in-Wonderland sizes. A pair of Diesel jeans at Betwixt costs $70, and a pony-hair dress at Infinity costs $205. "Age-appropriate behavior is something we've lost sense of," says Joan Jacobs Brumberg, the author of The Body Project. "It's appropriate to say to children that you do certain things--like drive, wear makeup--at certain ages. Otherwise, the line between childhood and adulthood will disappear...
...reported every year, and between 5% and 10% of females 14 and older suffer from such disorders, according to the nonprofit group Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention. "I don't think in local communities and in schools we're seeing any real flowering of girl power," says Joan Brumberg, author of The Body Project, which draws on diary entries from Victorian times to the present to argue that girls have increasingly defined themselves in terms of their looks. Although she believes that girls need their own cultural icons, Brumberg is worried that celebrities inevitably reinforce the notion that appearance...
...Brumberg discussed the psychological implications and emotional problems associated with hyper-awareness about physical appearance...
...Brumberg's book addresses contemporary girls' preoccupation with their bodies and appearance, according to a press release...
Joan Jacobs Brumberg, author of a new book, The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls, held a discussion and book signing at Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library yesterday...