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1 online resource. |
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data file rda |
Series |
The Instant Help Solutions series |
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Instant help solutions series.
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Online resource: title from PDF title page (OverDrive, viewed May 7, 2020) |
Summary |
It's time to ditch harmful, outdated beauty standards and build real, lasting body positivity. It's time for a self-love revolution!Every day we see movies, magazines, and social media that make us feel like we need to change how we look. This takes a toll on how we think about ourselves--and how we allow others to treat us. And while many teens feel shame about their body, being a teen girl of color can be hard in unique ways. Maybe you feel alienated by the mainstream image of beauty, which is still thin, white and able-bodied. In addition to that, you may also feel pressure from within your community to measure up to a different--but equally unfair--beauty standard. So, how can you start feeling good about yourself when you're surrounded by these unrealistic--and problematic--ideas about your body?In The Self-Love Revolution, leading body image expert and creator of #LoseHateNotWeight Virgie Tovar offers an unapologetic guide to help you question popular culture and cultivate radical body positivity. With this groundbreaking book, you'll identify and challenge mainstream beliefs about beauty; understand the unique tools girls of color have to counter negative body image; and build real, lasting body empowerment. You'll also learn how to call out diet culture, and discover ways to move beyond your own inner critic and start building the unconditional love for yourself that you deserve.It's time to explode society's beauty standards, stop messing with diets, wear what you want, and recognize that your body is your business. This book will help you find your way to radical body positivity, one step at a time. |
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!. |
Subject |
Body image in girls.
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Self-esteem in women.
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African American girls -- Health and hygiene.
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Body image.
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Individual differences.
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Self-confidence.
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Self-esteem.
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Human body.
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Body size.
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Body image in girls. (OCoLC)fst01749353
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Self-esteem in women. (OCoLC)fst01111709
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Genre/Form |
Self-help publications. (OCoLC)fst01941328
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Self-help publications.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Tovar, Virgie The Self-Love Revolution : Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color Oakland : New Harbinger Publications,c2020 |
ISBN |
9781684034123 (electronic book) |
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1684034124 (electronic book) |
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9781684034130 (electronic book) |
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1684034132 (electronic book) |
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