The self-love revolution radical body positivity for girls of color
Every day we see body ideals depicted in movies, magazines, and social media. And, all too often, these outdated standards make us feel like we need to change how we look and who we are. The truth is that many teens feel self-conscious about their bodies and being a teen girl of color is hard in uni...
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| Language: | English |
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Oakland, CA :
Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc,
[2020]
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| Series: | Instant help solutions series.
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Table of Contents:
- Our messy world. Nine points that explode beauty standards ; Question the culture ; Fatphobia and how it hurts your body image ; Racism affects how you think of your body ; We've been obsessing about food for more than 200 years ; Nine gross characteristics of diet culture
- Thoughts on common body confusions. Why is my family always talking about my body? Why isn't confidence enough? ; What do I say to trolls? ; I'm tired of hating myself . . . so how do I love myself?
- Be you, not what someone else thinks you should be. Your body does amazing stuff every single day, girl ; Say no at least once a day ; Never, ever skip lunch (or breakfast or dinner) ; Take every hour you spend criticizing your body and do something else that's totally amazing ; Find your allies ; Wear what you want!.
