Unsqueezed

Springing Free from Skinny Jeans, Nose Jobs, Highlights and Stilettos

By Margot Starbuck

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: Likewise
Length: 237 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: May 2010

ISBN-10: 0-8308-3616-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3616-1
IVP Order Code: 3616

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Women's Issues

Introduction: A Third Way

Part One: The Problem

1 LIES: Digital Fluff and Other Modern Temptations
2 SHAME: What's Particularly Devilish About Hollywood Makeovers
3 MARKETING: Shame Sells, and We're Buying It
4 TEMPTATION: Even Jesus was Tempted by Carbs
5 JUDGMENT: My Butt Is Ranwd
6 GLUTTONY: Enough Really Is Enough
7 OBJECTIFICATION: How Women Agree with Our Thingification
8 SELF-PREOCCUPATION: The Boiling Frog Syndrome


Part Two: The Purpose

9 FREEDOM: Chain Saw Liberation
10 VALUE: Living into a New Reality
11 RECOGNIZABILITY: Water Park Epiphany
12 FUNCTION: JD's Fabulous Breasts and Other Useful Body Parts
13 CELEBRATION: Embracing Our Queenliness
14 NEED-MEETING: The Life-Changing Day I Actually Needed a Milkshake
15 ACCEPTANCE: Unfortunate Stereotypes and the Lies We Believe
16 LOVE: Christian Bumper Fish
17 TOUCH: "Burrito Me!"
18 RELATIONSHIP: The Truth About Bodies You Won't Hear About on MTV


Part Three: The Plan

19 MISSION: The Look of Unconditional Love and Acceptance
20 IMAGE-BEARING: "Yep, You Belong Together"
21 MOVEMENT: Some Tough Questions About Simulated Exercise
22 OTHER-CENTEREDNESS: Skating Grandma, Rap Mama, and the Pigment-Deficient
23 JUSTICE: From Doritos to Discipleship
24 MINDFULNESS: Why I’m Most Jazzed About My Fabulous Couch Pants
25 AUTHENTICITY: B Who U R
26 FRIENDSHIP: I Get by with a Little Help from My Friends
27 PRACTICES: The Next Thing

Epilogue: Sermon on a Twenty-First Century Mountain
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