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

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

â€œTo build a world that works for everyone, we must first make the radical decision to love every facet of ourselvesâ€¦â€˜The body is not an apology' is the mantra we should all embrace.â€Â
â€”KimberlÃ© Crenshaw, legal scholar and founder andÂ Executive Director, African American Policy ForumÂ

â€œTaylor 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.â€
â€”Alicia Garza, cocreator of the Black Lives Matter Global Network and Strategy + Partnerships Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance
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â€œHer manifesto on radical self-love is life alteringâ€”required reading for anyone who struggles with body image.â€
â€”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 worldâ€”for us all.
Country USA
Manufacturer Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-02-13
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2018-02-13
Format	Kindle eBook

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

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