"Oppressors, as a rule, deny oppressed people their own 'native' standards of beauty"
Clare Chambers is a Professor of Political Philosophy at Jesus College Cambridge. Her work spans feminist theory, liberal philosophy, and the intersection between body and politics. She has unveiled the political power at play when we choose to modify our bodies. From full-blown plastic surgery and bodybuilding to the innocuous application of make-up and styling hair, there is a world of politics within self-modification.
Clare's books include Intact: A Defence of the Unmodified Body and Against Marriage: An Egalitarian Defence of the Marriage-Free State. Her work has also been quoted in the Observer, Guardian, and The Times.
"Unlike most philosophers, Chambers ventures out of the arm chair and into the fray." — Boston Review