Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

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

15 reviews

courtneyfalling's review

reflective medium-paced

3.0

I didn't disagree with anything in this book per se but I also feel like it didn't offer anything new about unpacking fatphobia and the impacts of oppression on individual bodies or on figuring out how to radically offer yourself love. I think I had a hard time getting into it because it made very sweeping statements without describing nearly any examples or details. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

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, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

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.

mary210's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence

lycheejelly's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Fatphobia

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

peachmoni's review against another edition

inspiring fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Minor: Homophobia