The Body Is Not an Apology The Power of Radical Self-Love
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Average rating4.1
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Ratings22
Average rating4.1
"Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of beliefs, morals, and bodies. Systems of oppression thrive off our inability to make peace with difference and injure the relationship we have with our own bodies. The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by these violent systems. World-renowned activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor invites us to reconnect with the radical origins of our minds and bodies and celebrate our collective, enduring strength. As we awaken to our own indoctrinated body shame, we feel inspired to awaken others and to interrupt the systems that perpetuate body shame and oppression against all bodies. When we act from this truth on a global scale, we usher in the transformative opportunity of radical self-love, which is the opportunity for a more just, equitable, and compassionate world--for us all"--Amazon.com.
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Ok this was a drag to read. This book contains almost everything I just can't handle anymore about social justice from a US perspective where absolutely everything concludes to identity politics.
It mixes things in a totally weird way (not homosexuality and kinks are not on the same level), appropriates the word queer to encompass anything « that can't be defined », and offers almost nothing in the end except a vague concept of radical self love which doesn't entail to anything quite clear.
I can understand the appeal, but this whole book is nothing more than the usual speech about self love rebranded with social justice despite its claims.
Community compassion, because you gotta get out of yourself to change the world.
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