Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters

Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters by Courtney E. Martin is a 2007 Psychology & Mind book written by TED speaker Courtney E. Martin, paired here with the talk they gave.

The pairing

  • Paired talk: "The new American Dream" (2016), 3.1M views on TED.com
  • Timing: Published 9 years before the talk.
  • In the catalogue: The 1st of 3 books by Courtney E. Martin on Books Worth Reading (2007–2016), by publication year.
  • Edition: Free Pr, 2007 · 330 pages

The paired TED talk

The new American Dream (2016), the TED talk by Courtney E. Martin.

From the publisher

Draws on original research and more than one hundred interviews with patients, psychologists, and nutritionists to analyze the pervasiveness of eating disorders and body-image-related emotional challenges in today's generation of young women.

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