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    The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

    By Sonya Renee Taylor

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    “To build a world that works for everyone, we must first make the radical decision to love every facet of ourselves…‘The body is not an apology' is the mantra we should all embrace.” 
    —Kimberlé Crenshaw, legal scholar and founder and Executive Director, African American Policy Forum 

    “Taylor invites us to break up with shame, to deepen our literacy, and to liberate our practice of celebrating every body and never apologizing for this body that is mine and takes care of me so well.”
    —Alicia Garza, cocreator of the Black Lives Matter Global Network and Strategy + Partnerships Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance
     
    “Her manifesto on radical self-love is life altering—required reading for anyone who struggles with body image.”
    —Claire Foster, Foreword Review

    Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of beliefs, morals, and bodies. Systems of oppression thrive off our inability to make peace with difference and injure the relationship we have with our own bodies.

    The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by these violent systems. World-renowned activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor invites us to reconnect with the radical origins of our minds and bodies and celebrate our collective, enduring strength. As we awaken to our own indoctrinated body shame, we feel inspired to awaken others and to interrupt the systems that perpetuate body shame and oppression against all bodies. When we act from this truth on a global scale, we usher in the transformative opportunity of radical self-love, which is the opportunity for a more just, equitable, and compassionate world—for us all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBerrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 13, 2018
    ISBN9781626569782
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    • 5/5
      Absolutely one of the best, most empowering books I have read. It will be one that I keep coming back to and can see already that every read will create new understandings, acknowledgements and developments. This is a must read for everyone.

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    • 5/5
      Love. Love. Love. Absolutely love. This book has brought me new perspective!

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    • 3/5
      There were some cool ideas in this book, but it all read like a huge rambly essay and ultimately I don't feel like I got that much out of it.

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    • 5/5
      This was fabulous--I just wish I had it when I was younger as it could have helped to hasten where I find myself today. I love that Taylor connects the personal to the wider society. The audio, read by Taylor, was fabulous, too--entertaining and powerful--though I kinda wish I'd read the physical book. I need to spend more time with the Unapologetic Inquiries rather than just blast through them.
    • 5/5
      This book is an anthem with work for the reader. It has good questions, and I appreciated that she talks about the body as a whole as far as inclusiveness rather than just fat representation. I will be returning to it.
    • 5/5
      Best for: Those open to reconsidering the ways they view themselves and others.In a nutshell: Author Sonya Renee Taylor offers up the idea that society’s ills are based on hatred of bodies that deviate from ‘the norm,’ and that by moving beyond self-acceptance to self-love, we will be able to create “a world that works for every body.”Worth quoting:“Our societies have defined what is considered a ‘normal’ body and have assigned greater value, resources, and opportunities to the bodies most closely aligned with those ideas of ‘normal.’”Why I chose it:A friend directed by to Ms Taylor’s Instagram account, where she often posts videos. I saw she had a book and wanted to check it out.Review:Ms Taylor’s premise is that we need to stop judging bodies, not simply as a way to accept and love ourselves, but to literally change the world. Throughout this relatively short book stuffed full of history, sociology, philosophy, and concrete action, Ms Taylor supports her idea that the setting of a default ‘normal’ body and the resulting judgment of bodies that deviate from that norm is what causes harm. She provides opportunities for reflection on how the reader has developed their relationship with their own body, as well as how that in turn influences how they interact with others in the world.She starts by laying out the concept of radical self-love, then moves onto the history of body shame that propels so many of us to apologize for our bodies - size, gender, ability, neurodiversity, race, etc. - followed by ways to build radical self-love when the world around us pushes just the opposite. Ms Taylor then takes us through the idea of implicit bias and need to remain aware of the ways we continue to judge ourselves and other bodies, and finishes it up with a very practical toolkit.I love this book. Ms Taylor’s way of writing is accessible and fun. I want all of us to read it and to really think about what it would mean if we were to implement the concepts within it.Keep it / Pass to a Friend / Donate it / Toss it:Keep it