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- ↑ Alonso, Por Marita (2022-03-08). "¿Eres menos feminista si te inyectas bótox?". Cosmopolitan (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ↑ "The Rise and Rise of Reality Television". The New Yorker. 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ↑ "Why women's bodies are a political battleground again". Financial Times. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ↑ Davis, Kathy. The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves. Duke University Press.
- ↑ "Joan Kelly Memorial Prize Recipients | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
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