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Authors: Katherine Schwarzenegger
ISBN-13: 9781401341435, ISBN-10: 1401341438
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion
Date Published: September 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Katherine Schwarzenegger believes that every young girl should be encouraged to "rock what they've got." She is an author, a global activist, a student, the "big sister" every girl wishes she had, and the trusted, secret ally every mother needs. She speaks candidly, openly, and honestly about the struggle to develop a healthy body image in today's body-conscious society and the confidence it takes for young women to celebrate who they truly are. At the age of eighteen, while interning for Dove's "Campaign For Real Beauty," Katherine became aware of, and interested in, how prevalent the issue of body image is for young girls in America. Now twenty years old and living in Los Angeles, Katherine is at the forefront of a movement to inspire young women to recognize their true self worth. In her book, ROCK WHAT YOU'VE GOT: Secrets to Loving Your Inner and Outer Beauty from Someone Who's Been There and Back, she guides young girls through their turbulent teens to womanhood while encouraging them to love their bodies, love themselves, and stay healthy. With her engaging and fun "secrets," Katherine shares stories and tips to break the cycle of an unhealthy body image. Katherine writes for various web outlets on body image and women activists here at home and abroad. Katherine also blogs about body image and self-esteem for the ABC Family show "Huge" and is an open-ended columnist blogging for the California Women's Conference website.
In this down-to-earth, reassuring, and fun book, Katherine calls for a new way of seeing what is beautiful. Packed with informative facts, moving personal anecdotes from Katherine’ s life, and the voices of other Rock What You’ ve Got women, her book celebrates the female form, whatever the size, and inspires girls to ROCK WHAT YOU’ VE GOT!
As a preteen American girl, Schwarzenegger, daughter of the California governor, told her mother she thought herself "fat, ugly, stupid, and totally disgusting." After struggling for ten years with self-image issues, she has come out on top and wants to share with other girls how to get through physical changes, ignore media's profit-driven images, and develop one's inner beauty. A chapter for mothers warns them not to hold their daughters to society's physical standards or to become food police by constantly commenting on what their daughters eat or don't eat. Schwarzenegger writes in a style that will appeal to most teens and their moms. Despite the author's link to a celebrity family, this book definitely stands on its own.
Introduction 3
Chapter 1 Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall 23
Chapter 2 Let the Drama Begin! 59
Chapter 3 Overexposure 93
Chapter 4 Extreme Measures 127
Chapter 5 Doing an Inner Makeover 153
Chapter 6 Eating for Health 173
Chapter 7 Loving Your Inner and Outer Beauty 201
Reading List 211
Acknowledgments 215