The Body Is Not an Apology
Speak up when you see your friends lauding weight loss as achievement and let them know how “before and after” pictures present “before” bodies as wrong and “after” bodies as better.
Sonya Renee Taylor • The Body Is Not an Apology
She envisions healing not only for the self but for our communities.
Sonya Renee Taylor • The Body Is Not an Apology
The notion of “taking too much space” is born out of a framework of scarcity upon which we have built a world where some people are allowed to build skyscrapers and stadiums or run countries and make laws for the masses, while others are told to stay small, go unnoticed, don’t take up too much room on the sidewalk.
Sonya Renee Taylor • The Body Is Not an Apology
body shame was a tool of White supremacist, capitalist patriarchy.
Sonya Renee Taylor • The Body Is Not an Apology
Like many people, he felt that his intention should have absolved him from his impact.
Sonya Renee Taylor • The Body Is Not an Apology
Collective Liberation: No body or mind can be left behind. Only mobbing together can we accomplish the revolution we require.
Sonya Renee Taylor • The Body Is Not an Apology
truth: the only thing that kills the slow, poisonous choke of body shame and body terrorism that dwells
Sonya Renee Taylor • The Body Is Not an Apology
Children do not arrive here ashamed of their race, gender, age, or differing abilities.