lovely
5 stars
both the reassurance and the challenging that love brings
137 pages
English language
Published Jan. 10, 2018 by Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
5 stars
(12 reviews)
"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"--Amazon.com.
Court reviewed The Body is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Review of 'The body is not an apology' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I thought this was going to be a mediation guide with breathing exercises geared toward accepting fat bodies. Instead, it names the idea of the "default body" and discusses how any bodies that don't fit that idea are maligned and at risk because of body terrorism. This connects race, sexuality, transness, ability, fatness, etc. as how they measure against the default body and posits that radical self love is part of dismantling those systems.
