Table of Contents

Contents Introduction

• Part I: In the Eye of the Beholder: Identifying and Defining Lesbian Beauty Norms
• Yeah, You
• Beauty Mandates and the Appearance Obsession: Are Lesbian and Bisexual Women Better Off?
• Bisexual Women and Beauty Norms: A Qualitative Examination
• Lesbians Discuss Beauty and Aging
• Beauty on the Borderland: On Being Black Lesbian and Beautiful (no commas in TOC)
• Doing Beauty: Negotiating Lesbian Looks in Everyday Life
• Listen to the Roars and Whispers of Water
• Part II: Freedoms and Constraints of Lesbian Beauty Norms
• Confessions of a Butch Straight Woman
• Invisible Womon
• Lesbians Walk the Tightrope of Beauty: Thin Is In but Femme Is Out
• The Myth of the Short-Haired Lesbian
• Even My Hair Won’t Grow Straight
• Beauty and the Butch
• Part III: Compulsory Thinness: Are Lesbians Immune from the Barbie Mandate?
• Secret Torrent
• Lesbians and the Internalization of Societal Standards of Weight and Appearance
• Body Image, Compulsory Heterosexuality, and Internalized Homophobia
• Does Feminism Serve a Protective Function Against Eating Disorders?
• Index
• Reference Notes Included