Made-Up

""The book will leave you both laughing in recognition and wincing at the reality of the beauty world’s impact on our collective psyche."" –Chatelaine ""The beauty industry is both a wonderful way to escape the present reality and an in-your-face reflection of the state of capitalist society and false binaries. In Made-Up . . . author Daphne B. and translator Alex Manley wrestle with consumerism, beauty culture, and how it is that make-up can be both a transformative tool for personal expression and a problematic part of modern society in tandem."" –CNN Underscored ""[Made-Up] examines the intersection of beauty culture and consumer culture... Aided by the work of writers like Anne Carson, Anne Boyer, Amanda Hess, and Arabelle Sicardi... B. makes sharp observations about the ideologies behind both beauty [...] and consumerism."" –Bitch Media ""Made‑Up: A True Story of Beauty Culture under Late Capitalism is well worth reading."" –Literary Review of Canada ""[Made-Up], newly translated by writer/poet Alex Manley from its original French, puts an intersectional, feminist lens on the author’s personal fascination with the makeup industry; it also reckons with the cultural dominance of this fascination as she aims to square anti-capitalist principles with beauty-product obsession."" –BitchReads, ""11 Books Feminists Should Read in September"" ""Throughout the whole book, B. grapples with what it means to desire beauty and ethics at the same time. Even though it’s a short, quick read, there’s a lot to chew on, long after you’ve finished reading."" –Alanna Why, Also Cool ""This book is a perfect tribute and answer to the question, 'I don’t even wear make-up, why am I watching this YouTube video?' If you still think make-up is vapid, and the videos dedicated to it are silly, after reading this, we can’t be friends."" – Tay, White Whale Bookstore, Pittsburgh