num_pages: 164
description: What is lesbian beauty?Lesbians, Levis, and The Meaning of Beauty in Our Lives explores the many definitions of beauty among lesbians by discussing the norms they create and follow. In addition, it questions how these standards are influenced by heterosexual concepts of beauty. Here you’ll find essays, poems, and research papers from women who describe some of the freeing and restrictive aspects of lesbian beauty.Lesbians, Levis, and The Meaning of Beauty in Our Lives examines the way lesbians define and explore the notion of beauty. Through moving, personal stories and well-represented research, this book leads the reader on a path of exploration about beauty norms and the way they liberate and confine lesbians.This sometimes humorous book is an in-depth and insightful examination of beauty practices and how lesbians use them as an expression of style and image and as a means of identifying one another. Compelling topics 
language: English
title: Lesbians, Levis, and Lipstick
titlecomplete: Lesbians, Levis, and Lipstick (Gay & Lesbian Studies)
genres: Nonfiction, Queer, LGBT
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Routledge