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Follow one woman's bumpy, cellulite-riddled ride through size-0 Hollywood and learn how she went from body-dysmorphic to sassy-asstastic in only twenty-five short years of dieting, thousands of dollars in "procedures,". . . and one pair of industrial-strength Spanx.
From the best girlfriend you didn't know you had comes this "I Can't Believe She Said That" guide to life in the real world. Actress and comic Lisa Ann Walter dishes about parenthood and the dangers of girl-on-girl snarking, explains why skinny actresses act crazy, and gives riotous advice on everything from the dating mistakes we all make to ten things you should subtract when you weigh yourself (self-tanner and dental work, for starters . . .).
So what do you get when you drop a longtime self-loather into the glitz and glamour of Hollywood? This hysterical, and brutally honest, look at the impossible standard of perfection for which so many of us strive. Walter boldly shares her lifelong struggle with low self-esteem—which, in her case, includes plenty of painful auditions, failed relationships, and awkward celebrity encounters, plus lots of impossible diets, questionable injectables, and dubious cosmetic procedures. Along the way, the "celebrity adjacent" Walter also tells her sometimes warm, often cringeworthy, and always funny Hollywood stories (including the reason she'd kill for Richard Gere).
She also shares her sage advice by offering features such as ways to improve your self-esteem that won't cost you a dime:
Four words:
Push-up. Bra. Construction. Site. You don't even have to look good to get a response. Just wear sunglasses, square your shoulders, and toss your hair. Then count the whistles.
Start frequenting your local gay bar. Both gays and lesbians are much more effusive about how fabulous you are! And you'll get free drinks!
Always be seen with decrepit old men—you'll look young and beautiful in comparison. Think how well this works for those Girls Next Door.
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While struggling, and having her share of satisfaction and fun along with the pain and depression, Lisa has also been watching what is going on and thinking about it. She has drawn some conclusions, or at least formulated some questions, and is sharing them with us. For example, why do women, and not just in Hollywood, let themselves be drawn into the killing, and ultimately unwinnable, competition to be supremely young and beautiful, and size 2 (max)? Can one overcome body-self-hatred and exult in becoming the very best version of oneself? How much artifice (e.g., surgery) is self-defeating? How can one wear hair extensions without slowly going bald? Must I wear acrylic nails? Is a voluptuous ass a good or bad thing?
This sassy, sometimes outrageous, sometimes sad, but mostly funny book will tell you a lot about Hollywood and the entertainment biz that you had no idea of, give you close-up views of some big and small figures in that world, and discuss some beauty interventions that you have never even known were available. Along the way, she drops observations on growing up as a half-Sicilian, East Coast suburbanite and even provides some tangy household hints drawn from her heritage and experience, including what is, more than a recipe, a disquisition (to be read in a Brooklyn accent) on making Southern Italian tomato gravy and incorporated meats. She leaves braciola for a more advanced course in the future. May it come soon!
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Buy this book. And go see Lisa Ann's show if you can. Both are laugh out loud, in your face funny. You won't regret it.