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The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
6 reviews
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
I appreciate the attention Taylor pays to expanding this work beyond self, showing how radical self-love can transform communities and entire systems. I don't see that focus in self-help books nearly as often as I'd like.
Beyond that, this wasn't the mindblowing, heart-opening revelation so many people promised me it would be. If it were my first exposure to the concepts that Taylor is packaging under the label "radical self-love," maybe I would be as madly in love with it as others are. But I found little here that I haven't been finding in therapy and my spiritual practice for almost a decade. tbh, I took more notes on Ijeoma Oluo's introduction than on the body of the text.
Beyond that, this wasn't the mindblowing, heart-opening revelation so many people promised me it would be. If it were my first exposure to the concepts that Taylor is packaging under the label "radical self-love," maybe I would be as madly in love with it as others are. But I found little here that I haven't been finding in therapy and my spiritual practice for almost a decade. tbh, I took more notes on Ijeoma Oluo's introduction than on the body of the text.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Ableism, and Transphobia
Moderate: Antisemitism, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia
kelly_e's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Title: The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
Author: Sonya Renee Taylor
Genre: Self-Help
Rating: 4.50
Pub Date: January 25, 2018
T H R E E • W O R D S
Inspiring • Compassionate • Empowering
📖 S Y N O P S I S
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.
💭 T H O U G H T S
The Body Is Not an Apology was recommended to me as a host favourite during an event in my online bookclub. I am not really sure how it wasn't already on my radar, but I so grateful to have it recommended to me.
An introduction to body positivity, Sonya Renee Taylor opens up dialogue on the roles of systems of oppression in human dissatisfaction, discusses feminism, and explores living with intersectionality and chronic illness. I particularly liked the combination of personal stories and reflections paired with the helpful evidence and tools to help my own personal struggles with accepting my authentic self. The writing is good and I'd highly recommend listening to the audio read by the author for a truly immersive experience.
The Body Is Not an Apology was a much needed reminder of accepting my own body as it comes. As someone who deals with chronic pain and mental illness, there was a lot that struck me as highly relatable. This is certainly a book I can see myself coming back to time and time again when I need a reminder.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• feminists
• bookclubs
• everyone with a body!
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"Equally damaging is our insistence that all bodies should be healthy. Health is not a state we owe the world. We are not less valuable, worthy, or lovable because we are not healthy. Lastly, there is no standard of health that is achievable for all bodies."
"When we decide that people’s bodies are wrong because we don’t understand them, we are trying to avoid the discomfort of divesting from an entire body-shame system."
"Being different is difficult in a world that tells us there is a 'normal.'"
Author: Sonya Renee Taylor
Genre: Self-Help
Rating: 4.50
Pub Date: January 25, 2018
T H R E E • W O R D S
Inspiring • Compassionate • Empowering
📖 S Y N O P S I S
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.
💭 T H O U G H T S
The Body Is Not an Apology was recommended to me as a host favourite during an event in my online bookclub. I am not really sure how it wasn't already on my radar, but I so grateful to have it recommended to me.
An introduction to body positivity, Sonya Renee Taylor opens up dialogue on the roles of systems of oppression in human dissatisfaction, discusses feminism, and explores living with intersectionality and chronic illness. I particularly liked the combination of personal stories and reflections paired with the helpful evidence and tools to help my own personal struggles with accepting my authentic self. The writing is good and I'd highly recommend listening to the audio read by the author for a truly immersive experience.
The Body Is Not an Apology was a much needed reminder of accepting my own body as it comes. As someone who deals with chronic pain and mental illness, there was a lot that struck me as highly relatable. This is certainly a book I can see myself coming back to time and time again when I need a reminder.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• feminists
• bookclubs
• everyone with a body!
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"Equally damaging is our insistence that all bodies should be healthy. Health is not a state we owe the world. We are not less valuable, worthy, or lovable because we are not healthy. Lastly, there is no standard of health that is achievable for all bodies."
"When we decide that people’s bodies are wrong because we don’t understand them, we are trying to avoid the discomfort of divesting from an entire body-shame system."
"Being different is difficult in a world that tells us there is a 'normal.'"
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Eating disorder, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Ableism, Bullying, Sexism, Homophobia, Classism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Body horror, and Racism
Minor: Grief, Death, Violence, Drug use, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship
nila's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Really enjoyed this! A great mix of head-on unapologetic facts, humor and wit and heartbreaking anecdotes from a varied group of people. Love the interspersed boxes with "radical reflections" and "unapologetic inquiries" that let you naturally take a break and actually absorb what you were reading. Just overall really good!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Fatphobia
Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism
Minor: Suicide
ollie_again's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Ableism, and Transphobia
Moderate: Sexism, Racism, and Body shaming
Minor: Xenophobia and Violence
isabelmabel49's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Sonya Renee Taylor writes in a way that feels like she's chatting with you over coffee, like she's that friend that cares about you deeply and "that's why you gotta change something, pal". She takes the notions of 'self-love' and 'self-confidence' that we're all familiar with and uses them as gateway terms for a belief/thought system that is so much more powerful and fertile for growth. Emphasizing the necessity for both strong, healthy, and considerate intrapersonal AND interpersonal relationships, Taylor genuinely gives you hope for a future that is better in all manner of ways.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, and Xenophobia
All content warnings are mentioned as educative, informative, and/or personal experiences. Explicit detail is rarely used, and much of it is in statistics to underline a point.lycheejelly's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism and Fatphobia
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, and Xenophobia
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