Ugliness

"A sweeping meditation on a subject rarely addressed . . . Hilal takes on our beauty-worshipping celebrity culture and the beauty industry for . . . keeping women in an expensive prison of self-doubt . . . Ugliness makes a 'big picture' argument, panning outward from one young woman's life to some of the largest issues we confront globally—hence to all of our lives."—Rhonda Garelick in The New York Times

How do power and beauty join forces to determine who is considered ugly? What role does ...