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It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies by Jessica Wilson MS, Jessica Wilson MS, RD, RD
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challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
๐ญ "Staying in a place where eating cake is liberation protects those who directly benefit from upholding whiteness and thinness from having to address the far greater and more complicated legacy of white supremacy and its contribution to anti-fatness."
โ๏ธWilson is shaking, quaking and waking it up โ๏ธ
๐ PATHOS: A registered dietitian with a history of supporting people with disorder diagnoses, she explains and takes aim at ideologies rooted in white supremacy and a glorification of thinness, that come with rules and ultimately theorize how to be a Good Person by achieving Health. Parenthetical asides and sarcastic notes make the book conversational and reveal Wilson's disdain for diet culture, Body Positivity, Wellness, Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size.
๐ ETHOS: Wilson has some great citations โ like Harrison's ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ and Strings' ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐. She names names in her small industry and their flawed methods. The book culminates with a synthesis of her clinical approach. To encourage well-being, she centers joy, interpersonal and cultural (re)connection, and honest grappling with systemic oppression.
๐ง LOGOS: The book is grounded in deeply personal stories: her time as The Black Panelist at a conference, her journey to mentoring a young gymnast-turned-veterinarian, her friends' insights on a reunion Zoom call, the consequences when she refused to meet the expectation to play Mammy at work, her adventures at a Goop expo.
The anecdotes touched a nerve. Wilson set out to write to and for Black women. And did.ย Her honesty helped me feel held in a meaningfully safe space.
Highly recommend for Black women + those who aspire to serve us in health settings.
โ๏ธWilson is shaking, quaking and waking it up โ๏ธ
๐ PATHOS: A registered dietitian with a history of supporting people with disorder diagnoses, she explains and takes aim at ideologies rooted in white supremacy and a glorification of thinness, that come with rules and ultimately theorize how to be a Good Person by achieving Health. Parenthetical asides and sarcastic notes make the book conversational and reveal Wilson's disdain for diet culture, Body Positivity, Wellness, Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size.
๐ ETHOS: Wilson has some great citations โ like Harrison's ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ and Strings' ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐. She names names in her small industry and their flawed methods. The book culminates with a synthesis of her clinical approach. To encourage well-being, she centers joy, interpersonal and cultural (re)connection, and honest grappling with systemic oppression.
๐ง LOGOS: The book is grounded in deeply personal stories: her time as The Black Panelist at a conference, her journey to mentoring a young gymnast-turned-veterinarian, her friends' insights on a reunion Zoom call, the consequences when she refused to meet the expectation to play Mammy at work, her adventures at a Goop expo.
The anecdotes touched a nerve. Wilson set out to write to and for Black women. And did.ย Her honesty helped me feel held in a meaningfully safe space.
Highly recommend for Black women + those who aspire to serve us in health settings.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia
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