Susie Orbach is reportedly the psychoanalyst who treated Princess Diana for her eating disorders. Confidentiality agreements prevent her from confirming that, but she has taken her years of experience treating numerous patients and put them into a book, Bodies, where she addresses damaging misconceptions about body image.

"The author of Fat is a Feminist Issue and a professor at the London School of Economics, Orbach... writes that 'the postmodern body is in crisis.'...what Orbach is attempting to draw attention to is the fact that we don't question where this massive discontent stems from and why the numbers are epidemic."

Halfway through her book, Orbach breaks away from her traditionally anonymous case studies on body image and begins to name names. Specifically, she takes a hard look at the tyranny of the fashion, celebrity, and diet industries that make millions of dollars by telling people they're not acceptable the way they are. Source: The Daily Beast

Labels: body image, self-image_issues

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