Eating Disorders in a Capitalist World: Super Woman or a Super Failure?

Feminist critique has yet to deconstruct the new ‘superwoman’ ideal: the modern woman who can and must have everything, but who, in reality, is never good enough. This media myth is fertile ground for harmful practices that focus on a woman’s own body and of course for specific consumerist behaviours. Media equalization of success, self—control, and attractiveness with a thin, healthy body frame these achievements as individual responsibility. Thus, in a society where women can now do anyth...