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Look at My Ugly Face!: Myths Musings Beauty Other Perilous Obsessions w/ Women's Appearance

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I was very impressed with Halprin's ability to weave her own story into this profound treatise on the effects of physical appearance on our relationships and spiritual life. Her writing is personal, sincere and extremely fluid. As a man, it was a strong reminder of how I, too, have been swept up by the culture's obsession with looks. It will wake you up without knocking you down. Great!

Look at My Ugly Face dives deep into the wreckage of our obsession with appearance and comes up with pearls of magic and wisdom. Reading it, I was struck by the degree to which my attitudes towards beauty and ugliness were determined by culture and by my dreams and fantasies. Halprin has provided some useful tools for recognizing when we are stuck in one role or the other--and for living each role whole-heartedly. I found the fairy tales and personal stories she used to illustrate the roles deeply compelling.A nourishing feast of information!

Look At My Ugly Face stares straight into the mirror reflecting the meaning of appearance. Halprin took me along on her personal journey of identity as an individual and as a representative of the collective of women over millenia. Personal and poignant stories from her own life as well as others, fairy tales, philosophy, psychology, art, medicine, history....Halprin travels through many realms to come to an understanding of the arc of a woman's life: in spirit, in love, in flesh. I gained new insights from my travels with her.

This book was good, and as other complained that it was whining or it didn't give them the answers they were looking for, they didn't understand the point. Halprin helps you question things about yourself and helps you understand others as she tells you her personal stories and life changing experiences. She will introduce you to people and ideas that help you understand where other women are coming from. She did a good job of covering many different bases whether it be race, ugliness from scars or feeling that beauty was a burden.

Basically, if you are looking to find out more about who you are by someone helping you figure out what questions to ask, get this book. For the price of a movie, you are giving yourself some knowledge, I think it's good and I am hoping to have other women in my life read it.

I'm 20.

Halprin rambles on and on and on making little sense, only rarely discussing her topic. The entire thing is one long whine. Nothing is said as what actually constitutes beauty except from a feminist viewpoint, which is unintelligible.

Although the style of the writer is simple and easy to understand, I think the book is vague in regards of beauty and ugliness. At the end I didnt really know what to make of one or the other. We know the obvious advantages of beauty, but I still did not get how ugliness is suppose to improve anybody's life.

Yes,there were a lot of definitons, but I still dont know what to what to make of them.