The body is not an apology [electronic book] : the power of radical self-love / Sonya Renee Taylor.
By: Taylor, Sonya Renee [author]
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BookPublisher: Oakland : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated, 2021Copyright date: ©2020Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource (187 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781523091003 (e-book).Subject(s): Self-acceptance | Self-perception | Body imageDDC classification: 158.1 Online resources: Access eBook | Item type | Current library | Status | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Making self-love radical -- What radical self-love is and what it ain't -- Why the body? -- Why must it be radical? -- What have we been apologizing for? What if we stopped? -- The three peaces --Shame, guilt, and apology-then and now -- When did we learn to hate them? -- Body-shame origin stories -- Media matters -- Buying to be "enough" -- A government for, by, and about bodies -- Call it what it is: body terrorism -- Building a radical self-love practice in an age of loathing -- Mapping our way out of shame and into radical self-love -- Thinking, being, doing -- Four pillars of practice -- A new way ordered by love -- A world for all bodies is a world for our bodies -- Speaking French and implicit bias -- Beating body terrorism from the inside out -- Changing hearts -- Unapologetic agreements -- How to fight with love -- Radical self-love transforms organizations and communities -- Freedom frameworks for an unapologetic future -- Fighting oppression, isms, and phobias
Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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