Beauty Myth It’s Bank Holiday Monday and I popped into town on the way home from lunch to grab some beauty bits. A disclaimer- I am no fashionista! Most of the time I have a pineapple head, no make up and am wearing training gear or my dressing gown. I have a complicated relationship […]
Category Archives: Beauty
November
09
The Sociology of Plastic Surgery
posted by plasticdollheads
I have given many lectures on the beauty myth, selfies, Instagram, and the cultivation of the capital of beauty. I am also interested in the medical regulation of women’s bodies. Cosmetic surgery is where these all combine. As with all of my research interests, I have personal experience. At 18 […]
March
24
Regulating Women
posted by plasticdollheads
As a Sociologist with a key interest in gender, you would imagine I am not surprised by internalised misogyny. Yet it never fails to frustrate, disappoint and sadden me. This week I have seen a few nasty social media comments and threads regarding the regulation of other women. Comments on sex work are always full […]
February
15
Barbie Craftivism 2018
posted by plasticdollheads
So, following on from last year’s Barbie Craftvism workshop which you can view here, it was time to do it all over again. After sending my husband out to acquire as many dolls as he could find, this was my haul. This session is part of a Level 6 module called Body Politics […]
March
01
Activism Barbie
posted by plasticdollheads
Firstly I would like to thank Dr Paula Singleton of Leeds Beckett University, whom you can contact on twitter here. Paula very kindly shared her resources and ideas with me, and you can read about some of her Activism Barbie workshops on her blog. I would also like to thank Dr Kay Standing, Reader in […]
December
04
Plastic Boobs
posted by plasticdollheads
It’s high time Plastic Doll Heads had a post on plastic boobs. Breast augmentation, boob job, whatever you want to call it.I wrote the bulk of this last week… But after having explant surgery today I will add my thoughts. I have felt very self conscious when I am standing at the front of a […]
August
20
Designing the Doll: bikini, figure and body-building
posted by plasticdollheads
The real living dolls. Not so long ago, female bodybuilding and competing was the preserve of a minority. Then the Bikini category was added, and aided by the explosion of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, blogs.. previous elitist language such as ‘eating clean’, ‘carb depletion’ have become social media favourites. It seems every other bikini-clad twenty-something […]
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