The Good Body
Eve Ensler
Random House
95 halaman
..they tell us to eat less, weight less, want more-to have a better bums, bigger breast, better hair, no wrinkles. we wax and pluck and pick and pierce- all in the name of being good..
The Good Body merupakan kumpulan monolog Eve dengan beberapa tokoh perempuan dari Isabella Rosselini sampai seorang wanita tak dikenal dari India bahkan Taliban. mereka membicarakan tubuh mereka, 'how they love their body'. nyatanya sulit sekali menemukan wanita yang mencintai tubuhnya, menerimanya apa adanya.
"It doesn't matter where i've been in the world, whether it's Tehran where women are-smashing and remodelling their noses to looks less Iranian, or in Beijing where they are breaking their legs and adding bone to be taller, or in Dallas where they are surgically whittling their feet in order to fit in to Manolo Blahniks or Jimmy Choos"
sampai akhirnya Leah seorang wanita dari Africa yang mencintai tubuhnya apa adanya,
"Do you say that tree isn't pretty 'cause it doesn't look like that tree? we're all trees. You are a tree. i'm a tree. you've got to love your body, Eve. You've got to love your tree. Love your tree".
The Good Body merupakan kumpulan monolog Eve dengan beberapa tokoh perempuan dari Isabella Rosselini sampai seorang wanita tak dikenal dari India bahkan Taliban. mereka membicarakan tubuh mereka, 'how they love their body'. nyatanya sulit sekali menemukan wanita yang mencintai tubuhnya, menerimanya apa adanya.
"It doesn't matter where i've been in the world, whether it's Tehran where women are-smashing and remodelling their noses to looks less Iranian, or in Beijing where they are breaking their legs and adding bone to be taller, or in Dallas where they are surgically whittling their feet in order to fit in to Manolo Blahniks or Jimmy Choos"
sampai akhirnya Leah seorang wanita dari Africa yang mencintai tubuhnya apa adanya,
"Do you say that tree isn't pretty 'cause it doesn't look like that tree? we're all trees. You are a tree. i'm a tree. you've got to love your body, Eve. You've got to love your tree. Love your tree".
Di buku merah setebal 95 halaman ini, Eve Ensler berusaha menceritakan betapa hampir semua wanita terobsesi menjadi secantik Barbie. Di jaman apapun, semua wanita ingin menjadi baik atau 'Good'. tetapi rupanya Good disini adalah menjadi kurus, cantik dan seksi, bagaimanapun caranya. penuturannya ringan, smart dan meaningful, mengalir begitu saja, sampai2 tak terasa sudah halaman akhir. cewek banget. mengajarkan kita bagaimana kita bisa menerima dan mencitai diri sendiri. You've got to love your tree!
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