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  • The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition

  • The Power of Radical Self-Love
  • Written by: Sonya Renee Taylor
  • Narrated by: Sonya Renee Taylor
  • Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (152 ratings)

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“To build a world that works for everyone, we must first make the radical decision to love every facet of ourselves.... ‘The body is not an apology’ is the mantra we should all embrace.” (Kimberlé Crenshaw, legal scholar and founder and executive director, African American Policy Forum)

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.

This second edition includes stories from Taylor’s travels around the world combating body terrorism and shines a light on the path toward liberation guided by love. In a brand new final chapter, she offers specific tools, actions, and resources for confronting racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, and transphobia. And she provides a case study showing how radical self-love not only dismantles shame and self-loathing in us but has the power to dismantle entire systems of injustice. Together with the accompanying workbook, Your Body Is Not an Apology, Taylor brings the practice of radical self-love to life.

©2018, 2021 Sonya Renee Taylor (P)2021 Sonya Renee Taylor
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This book challenged my beliefs about myself, my body, others, and the world in general. I’m a fat and moderately disabled white woman; Taylor both gave me permission to be gentler with myself re: internalized ableism and sizeism, and also encouraged me to use my privileges to speak out against body terrorism. There is so much information on every page that you may need to listen/read more than once to learn it all. I certainly will.

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OUTSTANDING!

Sonya Renee Taylor's words are uplifting, empowering and a call to action to bear witness and stand with others to stop the trend of body shaming that's such an insidious poison throughout our culture.

I'm thankful that the author has chosen to read their own work, as the passion of the prose might have been lost otherwise.

Unapologetic and learning to love myself and others.

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Time well spent

This book puts into words so many concepts that can help us frame not only self-value and compassion, but understanding and compassion for those around us. Short and sweet, but absolutely transformative.

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Excellent. A must read.

I will listen to this book over and over again. It a must listen and a must share for all women.

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so powerful!

This needs to be taught in schools. what are we waiting for?
I didn't expect this to be as good as it is...

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If you read any book this year it should be this!

This book makes explicit everything I desire to embody. The language is somehow down to earth, poetic and educated. This book explains how radical self love can change the world...I hope to share this book with everyone I know. I will re-read to remind myself of the messages.

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Absolute must read!

If you're interested in living your best, most authentic life, and making a world where others can do same, then please read this book and follow Sonya. She is a gift to you and this world.

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Kind, Compassionate and Revolutionary.

This book is exactly what the world needs right now. It empowered me to reflect on the ways my own body shame has been harming not only me, but those around me, and equipped me with tools to dismantle the thought processes that perpetuate that shame. The author does an amazing job with the performance - listening felt like a late night sipping wine with a close friend and speaking truth. Highly recommend.

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Powerful message

A really radical and well explained look at body terrorism and how to counteract it within ourselves and in society

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So much here!

Well narrated with a message everyone needs to here! This is one I will read over and over. I liked it so much I’m going to buy the paper copy!

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