Reviews tagging 'Racism'
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love, by Sonya Renee Taylor
16 reviews
bladelikesbooks's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Body shaming, Sexism, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Misogyny, Antisemitism, Transphobia, Ableism, Suicide, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality
Minor: Addiction, Torture, Islamophobia, Pregnancy, Abortion, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment
nila's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Ableism and Fatphobia
Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism
Minor: Suicide
overbooked207's review
5.0
8th book of January 2023 and 8th of the year:
“Systems do not maintain themselves; even our lack of intervention is an act of maintenance. Every structure in every society is upheld by the active and passive assistance of other human beings.”
“Radical self-love demands that we see ourselves and others in the fullness of our complexities and intersections and that we work to create space for those intersections.”
I absolutely LOVED this book! It’s inclusive; the quotes, writing, and messages/reminders are beautiful and impactful; so many parts really hit me hard on a personal level; it talks about the origins of the body positivity movement and the people who started it, and it also addresses the racist, oppressive, transphobic, ableist, and sexist origins of the systems, industries, companies, etc. that thrive off of self-doubt/self-hatred that are SO important to hear/learn about; the audiobook was beautifully narrated by the author; and the cover is stunning! This quickly became an all-time favorite book that I want everyone to read, and I want to buy and re-read/annotate it hopefully soon! TWs for ableism, body shaming, bullying, classism, eating disorder, fatphobia, grief, homophobia, mental illness, racism, sexism, sexual assault, suicide, and transphobia📖💕
Graphic: Fatphobia, Suicide, Classism, Ableism, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Grief, Sexism, and Transphobia
emmehooks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Racism, and Mental illness
aliciawhatsthestory's review against another edition
5.0
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.
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 authorarsenic_'s review against another edition
3.0
Minor: Transphobia and Racism
ashleycmms's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Transphobia, Suicide, Sexism, Police brutality, Ableism, Sexual violence, and Racism
ollie_again's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Ableism, and Transphobia
Moderate: Sexism, Racism, and Body shaming
Minor: Xenophobia and Violence
brookey8888's review
4.0
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
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racism, Transphobia, Sexism, Bullying, Homophobia, and Misogyny