The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love - Softcover

Taylor, Sonya Renee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1523090995 ISBN 13: 9781523090990

Verlag: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2021

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Your body was never the problem.

This landmark book by activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor makes the case that body shame isn't a personal flaw—it's a social and political tool used to control us. Radical self-love is the antidote, and this fully updated second edition gives you both the understanding and the practice to build it.

What's inside:

• A clear distinction between radical self-love, body positivity, and self-esteem—and why the difference matters
• The roots of body shame: how media, capitalism, and systems of oppression manufacture self-hatred across race, size, gender, disability, and more
• A four-pillar practice framework for moving from shame into sustained self-love
• “Unapologetic agreements”—tools for extending radical self-love into relationships and communities
• New in the second edition: expanded “freedom frameworks” for fighting systemic body terrorism at organizational and societal levels

Who this is for: Anyone who has ever felt their body was “too much” or “not enough”—and especially readers who feel unseen in mainstream wellness conversations, including fat, disabled, Black, and queer communities.

What changes: Readers consistently describe this book as the moment shame stopped feeling like their fault. It's the rare self-love book that is also a social justice framework.

If you're ready to stop apologizing for the body you're in, this is your next read.

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Sonya Renee Taylor is the founder and radical executive officer of the Body Is Not an Apology, a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment. Her work has been covered by HBO, BET, MTV, TV One, NPR, PBS, CNN, Oxygen Network, the New York Times, New York Magazine, MSNBC.com, Today.com, Huffington Post, USA Today, Shape.com, Ms. Magazine, and many more. She is a regular collaborator and artist with organizations such as Planned Parenthood, Association for Size Diversity and Health, Binge Eating Disorders Association, Greater than AIDS, and numerous others.

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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



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.



This second edition includes stories from Taylor's travels around the world combating body terrorism and shines a light on the path toward liberation guided by love. In a brand new final chapter, she offers specific tools, actions, and resources for confronting racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, and transphobia. And she provides a case study showing how radical self-love not only dismantles shame and self-loathing in us but has the power to dismantle entire systems of injustice. Together with the accompanying workbook, Your Body Is Not an Apology, Taylor brings the practice of radical self-love to life.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1523090995
• ISBN 13: 9781523090990
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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