A review by laurareads87
Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook: Tools for Living Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

3.5

3.5.  I appreciate a lot about this book: it covers a wide range of interconnecting themes, it is written in a trauma-informed way (with, for instance, specific attention to ways that survivors can take care of themselves while exploring being present in our bodies), and Taylor's tone is encouraging and familiar and friendly (books like this that are addressed directly to the reader often read as a bit condescending to me, but this one definitely doesn't).  Inevitably some sections will be more relevant to each reader than others (I don't really use social media, so a day without it isn't the revolutionary activity for me that requires reflection on how I feel about it).  I wouldn't say that the content is groundbreaking right now, but I find Taylor's concepts and explanations useful and her connections between self and community valuable, and there were a few activities I found quite impactful and really appreciated.

I do think that ultimately I got more out of the book itself than I did this accompanying workbook, so if I had to suggest one of the two, I'd suggest the book over this.

<i>Content warnings:</i> this workbook invites the reader to consider a lot of challenging topics - body image, trauma, health, internalized oppressions.  I have no 'content warnings' per se but the work this book asks the reader to do will absolutely bring up some things if done thoroughly.