Supervixen: Secrets for Building a Lean and Sexy Body

Janet Money, formerly the sports editor of the Woodstock Daily
Sentinel-Review, is a freelance writer and editor in London, Ontario.

This book will appeal to a very limited audience. At least, let’s hope
so; it’s a guide to “shape shifting” one’s body in order to
achieve a socially defined level of “perfection.” In a chapter about
symmetry, Jayde points out that a large majority of women are
dissatisfied with their bodies. She ignores the fact that women’s
expectations are formed by advertising and other forms of propaganda,
including this book, which champion unrealistic and sometimes unhealthy
ideas. Instead of working to increase our knowledge of healthy
physicality, Jayde suggests that we work on “the seven sensual
curves” and presents “body flaw at a glance” sections for easy
reference.

Despite Jayde’s claim that “shape shifting” is a revolutionary
new approach, Supervixen is

a body-building manual replete with weight-training routines organized
by body part—useful, perhaps in the competitive body-building field,
but certainly not “every woman’s dream.” Photos depict Jayde
working out in ripped clothes and treacherous high-heeled shoes. Sample
diets are included, but nowhere is there any social analysis or even the
slightest understanding that anything less than Jayde-defined
“perfection” is acceptable. This is a frightening approach to
physical fitness.