Co-published simultaneously as Journal of lesbian studies, vol. 3, no. 4, 1999. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Does feminism serve as a protective function against eating disorders? / Constance Guille, Joan C. Chrisler. Beauty mandates and the appearance obsession : are lesbian and bisexual women better off? / Anna Myers ... [et al.] -- Bisexual women and beauty norms : a qualitative examination / Jennifer Taub -- Lesbians discuss beauty and aging / Kim M. Thompson ... [et al.] -- Beauty on the borderland : on being Black lesbian and beautiful / Jennifer Lyle, Jeanell Jones, Gail Drakes -- Doing beauty : negotiating lesbian looks in everyday life / Tania N. Hammidi, Susan B. Kaiser -- Listen to the roars and whispers of water / Jeanine C. Cogan -- Confessions of a butch straight woman / Joanie M. Erickson -- Invisible womon / Beth Daily-Wallach -- Lesbians walk the tightrope of beauty : thin is in but femme is out / Jeanne C. Cogan -- Myth of the short-haired lesbian / Dvora Zipkin -- Even my hair won't grow straight / Ellen Samuels -- Beauty and the butch / Bonnie Ruth Strickland -- Secret torrent / Jeanine C. Cogan -- Lesbians and the internalization of societal standards of weight and appearance / Karen Hefferman -- Body image, compulsory heterosexuality, and internalized homophobia / Gayle E. Pitman -- Does feminism serve as a protective function against eating disorders? / Constance Guille, Joan C. Chrisler.
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