The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love (True PDF)

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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. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 4 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 10 Prologue......Page 12 What Radical Self-Love Is and What It Ain’t......Page 20 Why the Body?......Page 22 Why Must It Be Radical?......Page 24 What Have We Been Apologizing For? What If We Stopped?......Page 30 The Three Peaces......Page 36 When Did We Learn to Hate Them?......Page 44 Body-Shame Origin Stories......Page 45 Media Matters......Page 55 Buying to Be “Enough”......Page 60 A Government for, by, and about Bodies......Page 64 Call It What It Is: Body Terrorism......Page 69 Mapping Our Way out of Shame and into Radical Self-Love......Page 76 Thinking, Being, Doing......Page 79 Four Pillars of Practice......Page 83 A World for All Bodies Is a World for Our Bodies......Page 94 Speaking French and Implicit Bias......Page 95 Beating Body Terrorism from the Inside Out......Page 100 Changing Hearts......Page 102 Unapologetic Agreements......Page 106 You Are Not a Car......Page 112 Ten Tools for Radical Self-Love......Page 113 Conclusion......Page 134 Notes......Page 136 Radical Resources......Page 144 Acknowledgments......Page 146 B......Page 148 F......Page 149 N......Page 150 T......Page 151 W......Page 152 About the Author......Page 154 About TBINAA......Page 156