{"product_id":"lipstick-paperback-1","title":"Lipstick - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEileen G'Sell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIan Bogost\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Schaberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Revlon to Glossier, from Marilyn to Gaga, lipstick is as shape-shifting and unwieldy as femininity itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho wears lipstick today - as a matter of routine? And for those who do, is it out of obligation to a strict feminine standard, or some other reason entirely? \u003ci\u003eLipstick\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders the beauty world's most conspicuous - and contentious - tool of artifice. Tossing expired ideas about femininity like so many tubes of melting wax, \u003ci\u003eLipstick\u003c\/i\u003e explores how self-adornment can be a source of play, pleasure, and transformation, as well as how lipstick can knock gender norms off balance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEileen G'Sell \u003c\/b\u003eis Teaching Professor of College Writing at Washington University, St. Louis, USA. She is also the film critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Hopkins Review\u003c\/i\u003e, an award-winning literary and culture magazine published by Johns Hopkins University. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education, The Baffler, Jacobin, Los Angeles Review of Books, Belt Magazine, Current Affairs, Film Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHyperallergic\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. In 2023, she received the Rabkin prize in arts journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 6.54 x 5.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450863567097,"sku":"9798765135587","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/B7x5hZ2IT-9798765135587.webp?v=1772050604","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/lipstick-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}