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Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'
The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
28 reviews
lizard800's review against another edition
3.75
One thing I did take from this book is just the idea that we're really 'returning' to radical self love because that's the way we navigated the world when we were born. I've never thought of it that way and I will take that with me for sure.
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexism, and Transphobia
dblue236's review against another edition
4.0
Note: I have added content warnings to this review, but it is important to me that I point out that the trigger warnings are about discussions of those topics and NOT that the views of the author herself are triggering.
Moderate: Body shaming and Bullying
Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, and Islamophobia
julesfrigault's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Classism
onewoman_bookclub's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia
mxpringle's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Transphobia
oliviapincin's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Islamophobia
Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Hate crime, and Deportation
rieviolet's review against another edition
3.5
I found the informative parts very interesting and actually, I wish that more time and pages could've been spent on such reflections. However, I think that this could be a good starting point for people completely new to such themes.
The overall structure of the book didn't entirely convince me. I think that the essay-style sections and the self-help ones didn't blend together well. It might be a bit of a "me problem" as well, as I don't do very well with the self-improvement genre.
Also, as another reviewer pointed out, the mixing of academic and more conversational language made the writing style feel a bit all over the place.
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racism, and Suicide
Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Islamophobia
Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria
emfass's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, and Misogyny
Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, and Transphobia
mj_86's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Transphobia
spacekee's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Racism, and Suicide
Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Alcohol