Ever check the mirror and wonder if you look good enough? Do you choose your clothes to disguise your flaws? Do you sometimes think plastic surgery might be the only way for you to feel good about your body? Do you ever feel squeezed into someoneelse's mold?Come and join Margot Starbuck in her journey to become unsqueezed! In twenty-seven brief, funny and reflective chapters she helps us discover why God really gave us bodies and what we can do with them to serve him and others.Jump out ofthat suffocating mold and discover what your body is really for.



Margot Starbuck is a writer and speaker in Durham, North Carolina. The author of The Girl in the Orange Dress and Unsqueezed, she is passionate about communicating God's great love for all of us. Keep up with heradventures at www.MargotStarbuck.com.



Introduction: A Third Way



Part One: The Problem



1 LIES: Digital Fluff and Other Modern Temptations

2 SHAME: What's Particularly Devilish About Hollywood Makeovers

3 MARKETING: Shame Sells, and We're Buying It

4 TEMPTATION: Even Jesus was Tempted by Carbs

5 JUDGMENT: My Butt Is Ranwd

6 GLUTTONY: Enough Really Is Enough

7 OBJECTIFICATION: How Women Agree with Our Thingification

8 SELF-PREOCCUPATION: The Boiling Frog Syndrome





Part Two: The Purpose



9 FREEDOM: Chain Saw Liberation

10 VALUE: Living into a New Reality

11 RECOGNIZABILITY: Water Park Epiphany

12 FUNCTION: JD's Fabulous Breasts and Other Useful Body Parts

13 CELEBRATION: Embracing Our Queenliness

14 NEED-MEETING: The Life-Changing Day I Actually Needed a Milkshake

15 ACCEPTANCE: Unfortunate Stereotypes and the Lies We Believe

16 LOVE: Christian Bumper Fish

17 TOUCH:Burrito Me!"

18 RELATIONSHIP: The Truth About Bodies You Won't Hear About on MTV





Part Three: The Plan



19 MISSION: The Look of Unconditional Love and Acceptance

20 IMAGE-BEARING: "Yep, You Belong Together"

21 MOVEMENT: Some Tough Questions About Simulated Exercise

22 OTHER-CENTEREDNESS: Skating Grandma, Rap Mama, and the Pigment-Deficient

23 JUSTICE: From Doritos to Discipleship

24 MINDFULNESS: Why I?m Most Jazzed About My Fabulous Couch Pants

25 AUTHENTICITY: B Who U R

26 FRIENDSHIP: I Get by with a Little Help from My Friends

27 PRACTICES: The Next Thing



Epilogue: Sermon on a Twenty-First Century Mountain

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