Martin is a writer, teacher and speaker whose work focuses on feminism, body image and youth and political culture. Her book, Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body, was published to critical acclaim in April 2007. Filled with information from expert psychologists and hundreds of interviews with women who have eating disorders, the book is a wake-up call to women of all ages and races to recognize the epidemic of eating disorders and what it's doing to them, their daughters, friends and relatives.
Her essays have appeared in several anthologies, including "A 21st Century Ethical Toolbox and Fifty Americans on Why Voting Matters." Martin writes a column on politics and gender for The American Prospect online and is the book editor of Feministing, the most widely read feminist blog on the internet.
A reception and book signing with Martin will follow the lecture.
Martin's lecture is sponsored by the University of Minnesota Women's Center as part of its fall "Discover Exceptional Women" event. "Discover Exceptional Women," a collaborative effort with the University Women's Consortium, is designed to engage women students, faculty, staff, students and members of the community in the wide range of resources, programming and services available to women at the U of M.
For more information about the event, visit http://www.umn.edu/women/dew.
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