Body Positivity


Bodies Are Cool
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
Starfish
Laxmi's Mooch
Body Positive Power
Big
Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living
Beautifully Me
One to Watch
Dumplin' (Dumplin', #1)
Spoiler Alert (Spoiler Alert, #1)
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
I'll Be the One
Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
A Prayer for Vengeance by Leanne SchwartzCub by Jeff MannBody Positive by Emily Lauren DickThe International Day of the Girl by Jessica Dee HumphreysThe Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding
Body Positive YA Books
8 books — 10 voters
UNKILLABLE by T.C. MiddlesexFat Chance by Deborah BlumenthalA Fat Girl's Confidence by Patrice Shavone BrownThe Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy SpaldingThe Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
Plus-sized Perfection
14 books — 6 voters

The F*ck It Diet by Caroline DoonerBody Respect by Linda BaconHealth at Every Size by Linda BaconWhat's Eating Us by Cole KazdinUNKILLABLE by T.C. Middlesex
Health At Every Size
44 books — 38 voters

The Best Little Girl in the World by Steven LevenkronHunger by Roxane GayOne Fat Summer by Robert LipsyteStarving for Attention by Cherry Boone O'NeillThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth Pastor
Fat Acceptance Books
40 books — 4 voters
Strong Is the New Pretty by Kate T. ParkerThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KlunePatience & Esther by Sarah Winifred SearleDumplin' by Julie   MurphyToo Big to Miss by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Actual Body Positivity
5 books — 2 voters

Sonya Renee Taylor
The planet is a big, daunting place. It's easy to feel at the whim of the universe. We've been convinced we are ineffectual at exacting any real change against our social systems and structures so instead, we land the guilt and blame squarely on the shoulders of the most accessible party, ourselves. This burden has kept us immobile in our own lives and oblivious to our impact in the world. The weight of the shame has kept us small and strapped in the belief that our bodies and our lives are mist ...more
Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

Sarah Hays Coomer
Trees grow stronger in response to the wind, and their roots grow deeper. This moment in history may feel like it’s planted in the path of a category 5 hurricane. It has ripped us up, but it has also rooted us, weaving us together beneath the surface of the ground and leaving us stronger than ever. We can grieve the loss while, at the same time, falling madly in love with what it has mobilized in us: caring, grace, companionship, openness, and uncensored, outspoken truth-telling. Dying can teach ...more
Sarah Hays Coomer, Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist

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