The Body is Not an Apology

The Power of Radical Self-love

Author: Sonya Renee Taylor
ISBN: 9781626569768

"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

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publish Date: 2018

Subjects: Self-Help / Motivational & Inspirational, Self-Help / Personal Growth / Self-Esteem, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory

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