Lianne McTavish is Professor of the History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture at the University of Alberta. She is the author of Defining the Modern Museum: A Case Study of the Challenges of Exchange and Childbirth and Childbirth and the Display of Authority in Early Modern France.

• List of ImagesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Becoming Feminist Figure Girl1. Measuring Up: Comparing Bodybuilding, Weight Watchers, and Yoga2. Embodiment and the Event of Muscle Failure3. Replacing Feminism: Comparing Prochoice Activism with Becoming a Figure Girl4. On Stage: Performing Feminist Figure Girl5. Aftermath: The Photographs in My PurseAfterwordNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

"Dieting and exercising with the goal of posing onstage in a bikini and heels is not what many think of when they think of feminism, but then those people have never read Feminist Figure Girl. Lianne McTavish brings figure competitions and feminism—two seemingly opposed things—together in this intellectually challenging, deeply personal book. This is a must read for anyone with a passion for feminism and fitness." — Caitlin Constantine, editor of the Fit and Feminist blog

Lianne McTavish is Professor of the History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture at the University of Alberta. She is the author of Defining the Modern Museum: A Case Study of the Challenges of Exchange and Childbirth and Childbirth and the Display of Authority in Early Modern France.

• List of ImagesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Becoming Feminist Figure Girl1. Measuring Up: Comparing Bodybuilding, Weight Watchers, and Yoga2. Embodiment and the Event of Muscle Failure3. Replacing Feminism: Comparing Prochoice Activism with Becoming a Figure Girl4. On Stage: Performing Feminist Figure Girl5. Aftermath: The Photographs in My PurseAfterwordNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

"Dieting and exercising with the goal of posing onstage in a bikini and heels is not what many think of when they think of feminism, but then those people have never read Feminist Figure Girl. Lianne McTavish brings figure competitions and feminism—two seemingly opposed things—together in this intellectually challenging, deeply personal book. This is a must read for anyone with a passion for feminism and fitness." — Caitlin Constantine, editor of the Fit and Feminist blog

Lianne McTavish is Professor of the History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture at the University of Alberta. She is the author of Defining the Modern Museum: A Case Study of the Challenges of Exchange and Childbirth and Childbirth and the Display of Authority in Early Modern France.

• List of ImagesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Becoming Feminist Figure Girl1. Measuring Up: Comparing Bodybuilding, Weight Watchers, and Yoga2. Embodiment and the Event of Muscle Failure3. Replacing Feminism: Comparing Prochoice Activism with Becoming a Figure Girl4. On Stage: Performing Feminist Figure Girl5. Aftermath: The Photographs in My PurseAfterwordNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

"Dieting and exercising with the goal of posing onstage in a bikini and heels is not what many think of when they think of feminism, but then those people have never read Feminist Figure Girl. Lianne McTavish brings figure competitions and feminism—two seemingly opposed things—together in this intellectually challenging, deeply personal book. This is a must read for anyone with a passion for feminism and fitness." — Caitlin Constantine, editor of the Fit and Feminist blog