Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? : How the Famous Sell Us Elixirs of Health, Beauty & Happiness (Hardcover)

from 06nwingert

This book explores how we are persuaded by celebrities into detoxes and other diets, impossible beauty standards including plastic surgery and myriad other things. Caulfield takes a two-fold approach to this: first, he describes the science behind celebrity and celebrity persuasion, then he shows...

from Mebru001

The smugly superior tone of this book was hard to overcome, particularly in "Part I, The Illusion of Celebrity Authority." While everything Caulfield wrote may be absolutely correct, there is no way the message will make it to those who need to hear it most-- those currently entranced by celebrit...

from hcubic

While I was teaching Introductory Chemistry years ago, the World News reported that Gwyneth Paltrow had shown up at a fancy occasion with odd circular hickeys on her shoulders and back. It turned out that these were due to her use of an acupuncture technique known as "cupping" in which glass jars...

from MissCassieReads86

I was actually really excited to read this book as I have always had a deep rooted understanding of how manipulative media can be and how celebrity branding can make or break "health" trends. Gwyneth Paltrow has become one of the celebrities that people idolize and follow religiously for their sp...

from bnbookgirl

This book is dead on. I work in a bookstore and people flock in for the latest diet book, health book, etc. It is amazing. Also, a book that hasn't sold in years will suddenly sell if the author dies. People are obsessed (just like this book says) with the latest and greatest miracle cure. If it ...