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