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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Language
English
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Feminism is going to ruin your life--in the best way possible--because society screams numerous messages every moment about how women must look, act, and speak in order to earn their right to be seen and heard. The only thing any human needs to do in order to earn their right to exist, however, is to exist. Break free of the insidious narratives that hold you back from being your most authentic self.
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English
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"Learn to love yourself and body with this interactive guide from the body acceptance advocate, influencer, and founder of Megababe beauty. Can you imagine how much free time you'd have if you didn't spend so much of it body shaming yourself? Katie Sturino knows all too well what it's like to shit talk yourself. She spent thirty years of her life feeling ashamed of her body and its self-determined wrongness. Now she doesn't care what anyone thinks...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"'How can I help others grow and transform if I haven't done it myself?' Cyndi Lee asks in the opening pages of her memoir, 'May I Be Happy,' where she makes a surprising revelation. In spite of her success in physically demanding professions--dancer, choreographer, and yoga teacher--Lee was caught in a lifelong cycle of repetitive self-judgment about her body, which was infecting her closest relationships--including her relationship with herself.......
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Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Feel as good on the inside as you'll look on the outside with celebrity stylist Brenda Cooper's radically simple and universally flattering clothing program comprised of just four tops, four bottoms, and eight pairs of shoes"--
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Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A body-positive call to arms that's as inspirational as it is practical, from Instagram star Megan Jayne Crabbe. For generations, women have been convinced that true happiness only comes when we hit that goal weight, shrink ourselves down, and change ourselves to fit a rigid and unrealistic beauty ideal. We've been taught to see our bodies as collections of problems that need to be fixed. Instagram star Megan Jayne Crabbe is determined to spread...
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Publisher
4th Estate,‡[2020]
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fat-phobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgment and discrimination are rife. From shame and sex to airplane seats, love and getting stuck in public toilets, Sofie provides practical tips for readers--drawing wisdom from other Fat Liberation champions along the way. Part memoir, part social commentary, Happy Fat is a funny, angry and impassioned...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
If you've ever seen a fat person post a bikini shot on social media, you already know that they are #verybrave, because apparently existing in a fat body in public is #brave. Byer shares her impressive bikini collection -- and her hot body -- with the world. Her purpose: to help other people feel #brave by embracing their body as it is. She shares her journey to becoming #brave, as well as hot tips and tricks -- on how to find the perfect bikini,...
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Publisher
Zondervan Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"For women who love God but have a love/hate relationship with their bodies, join Jess Connolly to discover a bold new way to rest in God's workmanship and heal the broken beliefs that have held you back from your fullest life"--
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Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Even as a wave of renewed feminism swells, too many women continue to starve, stuff, overwork, or neglect our bodies in pursuit of paper-thin ideals. "Fitness" has been co-opted by the beauty industry. We associate it with appearance when we should associate it with power. Grounded in advocacy with a rowdy, accessible spirit, Physical Disobedience asserts that denigrating our bodies is, in practice, an act of submission to inequality. But when we...
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Publisher
Tiny Reparations Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An exciting, genre-redefining narrative mix of memoir, inspiration, and specific exercises and prompts, with timely messages about social and racial justice and how the world needs to move beyond body positivity to something even more exciting and revolutionary-body liberation"--
When King first joined a gym, she fell into the all-too-common cycle of "not enough-ness": no matter what she achieves, there was always something she felt she needed to...
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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
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Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls is a manifesto and call to arms for women of all sizes and ages. With smart and sassy eloquence, veteran blogger Jes Baker calls on women to be proud of their bodies, fight against fat-shaming, and embrace a body-positive worldview to change public perceptions and help women maintain mental health. With the same straightforward tone that catapulted her to national attention when she wrote a public letter addressing...
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Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
As a young, queer, plus-size person, Essie Dennis has spent a lot of time feeling like they weren't enough - not queer enough, not feminine enough, not perfect enough. When they took to social media to share how they felt, they were overwhelmed by how many others felt the same. I look too masculine to be non-binary I look too feminine to be a lesbian Am I too fat for drag? Inviting you to challenge accepted beauty standards and the concept of 'the...
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Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
"Many women live their lives believing that they can't ask for what they want until they change something they're unhappy with. No promotion until they get new skills. No relationship until they establish their career. No fulfillment until they find love. One of the most common conditions women place on themselves is weight loss--no love until they lose weight, no sex until they lose weight, no happiness until they lose weight. But Jessica Ortner,...
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Token Black Girl unpacks the adverse effects of insidious white supremacy in the media--both unconscious and strategic--to tell a personal story about recovery from damaging concepts of perfection, celebrating identity, and demolishing social conditioning"--Book jacket flap.
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