Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women (Hardback)

This book is a brilliant clarion call for better. Ellen is masterful at exploring the complexities of modern womanhood - Gina Martin

If you are a woman, and have ever suffered with body image issues or worried about the way you look - this book is a MUST READ. - Roxie Nafousi

Confronting the conformity and compliance of today's beauty culture, Ellen Atlanta's revealing new book charts the course for a brave new world in which women and girls can - at long last - be comfortable in their own skin - Victoria Bateman, author of Naked Feminism

With kaleidoscopic vision, meticulously researched insights, and the narrative power of a novelist, Ellen Atlanta's Pixel Flesh unravels the complex tapestry of standards and perceptions that shape our identities. Pixel Flesh is not just a book; it's an essential mirror reflecting the profound impact of beauty culture on our lives, urging us to question and redefine our notions of allure and authenticity - Chloé Cooper Jones, two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and author of Easy Beauty

Pixel Flesh stopped me in my tracks. It took me back to my girlhood in a bold, unexpected and poetic way like a Grimms' Fairy Tales, but with Kylie's Lip Kits. Ellen has a unique talent for helping you see through other's eyes and making you feel seen yourself - Freya Bromley, author of The Tidal Year

A rigorously researched and deeply personal account of the modern female experience. Pixel Flesh is a searing and lucid appraisal of internet culture's most corrosive and diminishing aspects; from predatory algorithms, celebrity, cosmetic surgery, disordered eating and the tyranny of performing a self. A must-read guidebook on the dizzying hall of mirrors that women must navigate online and the dangerous real world consequences that follow - Nada Alic, author of Bad Thoughts

A riveting exposé of toxic beauty culture and how it harms women [...] blends personal confessions with razor-sharp insights - The Bookseller

Atlanta is a whip-smart, full-hearted writer who gets to the core of beauty with expert grace that makes it look easy. Her vulnerability makes you feel seen as a reader and her expertise makes you feel protected as you navigate the chaos of the beauty industry from her perspective. It's a breezy, pleasurable read, and one I feel lucky to have on my shelf. The world is lucky to have her writing and her tenderness, too - Arabelle Sicardi, beauty writer and author of The House of Beauty

Pixel Flesh is a wise and sensitive indictment of the beauty industry - it synthesizes relatable anecdotes about living in the social media age with on-point critical theory and vigorous research. If you're struggling with the beauty industry's chokehold, this book can be a tool in breaking free - mj corey, The Kardashian Kolloquium

This book is courageous, revealing, and occasionally painful, and Atlanta writes with verve and authority - Kirkus

Ellen Atlanta has written an imperative manual for surviving modern womanhood. Equal parts compassionate and fierce, personal and universal, PIXEL FLESH delivers a searing account of an image culture that continually asks us to self-harm in the name of empowerment. I couldn't put it down - Allie Rowbottom, author of Aesthetica and Jell-O Girls

Ellen Atlanta is shaking up the beauty industry - Culted

A searing indictment of the ideals foisted on women - Irish Independent

Brings you into the proverbial girl's bathroom of the world and examines the harm of beauty culture in our digital age - Dazed Beauty

This book is courageous, revealing, and occasionally painful, and Atlanta writes with verve and authority - Kirkus Reviews