Week beginning 30 November 2022

This week I review Maria Teresa Hart’s Doll, a non-fiction book which encouraged me to look for linking material. Some which raises the impact that ‘appearance on demand’ has on women are: two articles Zoom and Botox, and What’s the connection between cosmetic procedures and mental health? and a book by Jocelynne A. Scutt, Beauty, Women’sContinue reading “Week beginning 30 November 2022”

week beginning October 14

Searching For An Australian Identity, through discussion of A Country Practice  continues in Television comments.  Zoom and Botox The New Daily reports that ‘Zoom calls have Australians rushing for cosmetic surgery’. Evidently the demand for cosmetic surgery has tripled during Covid lockdown as ‘we are seeing ourselves from a completely different angle for hours aContinue reading “week beginning October 14”