IRB Media Summary of Lindsay Kite & Lexie Kite's More Than A Body

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 You are more than a body, and you knew that once. It takes some work to remember and understand this truth, but it is important. You are more than beautiful, more than parts in need of fixing, and more than an object to be looked at and evaluated.#2 We all live in the sea of objectification, and it is a constant burden on our mental and physical energy to keep our heads above water. We can adapt and survive in the sea of objectification, but it is a constant burden on our mental and physical energy to keep our heads above water.#3 When you become objectified, you begin to view yourself in a different way. You start to view your body in a negative way, and your identity becomes divided between the whole, embodied human on the beach and the self-objectifying, image-focused part of yourself trying to stay afloat in the water.#4 The solutions to your body image woes are advertised as being readily available in beauty fixes and straightforward diet plans, but the truth is that you are the problem. You have grown accustomed to being uncomfortable. You hate your body instead of hating the expectation that your body fit a certain mold.