{"product_id":"9780807019177","title":"Bombshell: How Beauty Rules Our Lives from the Boardroom to the Bedroom","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eAlaïs, Saskia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBeacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/20\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold investigation into how the beauty myth became the West's most seductive form of control hiding in plain sight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this explosive investigation, researcher and writer Saskia Alaïs exposes the hidden machinery of the beauty economy, detonating the old beauty myth and revealing what replaced it — a system where pretty privilege isn’t merely a form of currency: it’s power.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many women, this means:  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour salary hinges on your weight  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour credibility in court hinges on whether you’re someone’s “type”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour marriage prospects hinge on your class – who’s for fun, who’s for forever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeauty no longer merely sells; it governs. It decides who’s pretty enough to protect, hot enough to serve, and credible enough to lead. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on groundbreaking interviews with women across five continents – from strip dancers and working mothers to teenage girls, senators and billionaires – \u003ci\u003eBombshell\u003c\/i\u003e shows how beauty has hardened into a caste system: a hierarchy policed not only by men but also by women, algorithms and institutions alike. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlistering, confessional and impossible to ignore, \u003ci\u003eBombshell\u003c\/i\u003e traces beauty’s evolution from suffragists to social media — revealing how it became the West’s most seductive form of control hiding in plain sight.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48897749385471,"sku":"9780807019177","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780807019177","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}