When is the modification of our appearance empowering and when is it a sign of weakness? Sociologist Victoria Pitts-Taylor, author of Surgery Junkies: Wellness and Pathology in Cosmetic Culture, offers a ground-breaking analysis of the normalization of cosmetic surgery and the phenomenon of cosmetic surgery “addiction” in contemporary American medicine and popular culture. Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m.  in McGuinn 121. Sponsored by: Women’s and Gender Studies Program.