“A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.”— Naomi Wolf in The Beauty Myth
“Let us break the tie with food and look at the metaphor: hungering… voracious… extravagantly and excessively needful… without restraint… always wanting… always wanting too much affection, reassurance, emotional and sexual contact, and attention. This is how many women frequently experience themselves.”— Susan Bordo in Unbearable Weight