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Heather Widdows

Heather Widdows is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick and the founder of the Everyday Lookism campaign. She is best known for her work on the ethics of beauty and appearance in contemporary culture, and her book Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal (Princeton University Press, 2018).

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Heather Widdows is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick and the founder of the Everyday Lookism campaign. She is best known for her work on the ethics of beauty and appearance in contemporary culture, and her book Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal (Princeton University Press, 2018).

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