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Author
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A radically different approach to social and environmental justice work for fans of Adrienne Maree Brown and Bessel van der Kolk. Instead of thinking about social justice as a process that starts with changing people's minds, Embodied Activism understands our bodies--how we feel in them and relate to others through them--as the sites of transformation"--
2) Fat
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Fat combines the cultural imaginary about fat as object of fear, pathology, and obsession with the material realities of fat as it intersects with the human body"--
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: In It's Always Been Ours eating disorder specialist and storyteller, Jessica Wilson, challenges us to rethink what having a "good" body means in contemporary society. By centering the bodies of Black women in her cultural discussions of body image, food, health, and wellness, Wilson argues that we can interrogate white supremacy's hold on us and reimagine the ways we think about, discuss, and tend to our bodies. 320pp., 40K
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking account of what it was like to live in a Victorian body from one of our best historians ... brings the Victorians back to life and helps us understand how they lived their lives"--Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Embodiment coach Tara Teng helps us untangle ourselves from centuries of body-based oppression built into our societal systems or masquerading as religion. When we embrace our relationship with our bodies, we come into alignment with all things: ourselves, each other, the earth, and our spirituality. When we embrace ourselves, we can take back what society says is too much--too loud, too feminine, too masculine, too gay, too worldly, too unique....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Based on Mary Pipher's bestselling book, this illustrated interview examines the challenges faced by teenage girls, and the role media and popular culture play in shaping their identities. Reviving Ophelia inspires families, teachers, schools, and civic groups to empower girls to free themselves from the toxic influences of today's media-saturated culture.
10) Waisted: a novel
Author
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
In this provocative, wildly entertaining, and compelling novel, seven women enrolled in an extreme weight loss documentary discover self-love and sisterhood as they enact a daring revenge against the exploitative filmmakers. Alice and Daphne, both successful working mothers, both accomplished and seemingly steady, harbor the same secret: obsession with their weight overshadows concerns about their children, husbands, work--and everything else of importance...
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