The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition

The Power of Radical Self-Love

By: Sonya Renee Taylor

Narrated by: Sonya Renee Taylor

“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

Loved this!

A must-read for all. Highly recommend. Eager to check out the workbook that accompanies this.

Revolutionary and enlightening

I found this book to reawaken some truths I've known and revealed some truths I had not thought about.

A beautiful book

I truly could not recommend this book enough. Its message of radical self love is a profound one. Sonya's writing style and performance is caring and casual.

The best book

Everything I need/we need in this time is magically and lovingly communicated through this book! I had a strange dream about 10 years ago when I was trying to figure out how to liberate myself and embody my calling, and the hopeful words that kept echoing through it were, “Sonya is coming.” I knew whoever/whatever this Sonya was would be just what I needed. Wow, thank you Sonya. Now I know what my dream meant. I love you!

Amazing

This book was amazing. The reader was amazing. The message was everything. Buy it and read it