Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

17 reviews

aliciawhatsthestory's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book is not a self-help book; it’s a manifesto. 

The Body is Not an Apology has been on my TBR for literal years now, and I’m so glad I finally got to it. I went in expecting body positivity, or even more radical fat positivity, but this book is about so much more than either of those things. It talks through how radical self-love is an intersectional act of rebellion against body terrorism not only against your own body but also against the bodies of everyone else in a society that stigmatizes and oppressed bodies in a multitude of ways. It’s full of challenges to reflect on and change how we perceive, treat, and talk about our own bodies and the bodies of others, not to make ourselves feel better, but to actually make things better. It’s an absolute must-read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, and Homophobia

All the trigger warnings are mentioned as issues to be dealt with not as the views of the author

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Suicide, Sexism, Police brutality, Ableism, Sexual violence, and Racism

ollie_again's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Ableism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexism, Racism, and Body shaming

Minor: Xenophobia and Violence

brookey8888's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

This was actually what I needed. I’ve been struggling lately and I think reading this and hopefully practicing what was in this will be very helpful. I really enjoyed this because it talked about body shaming but in all manors of body, which I think is really important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Grief, Racism, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexism

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racism, Transphobia, Sexism, Bullying, Homophobia, and Misogyny

sierrascha's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, 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.

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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.