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Celebrating Body Positivity: References & Additional Reading

Celebrating Body Positivity: References & Additional Reading

 

We recognize the work and are so grateful for the wisdom offered by the following sources. 

We thank them for their contributions.

And special thanks to Chrystal Sunshine, 

who co-authored the first iteration of this theme for SHIFT Book Box. 

 

Suggested Additional Reading

For Young Readers

A Kids Book About Body Image (Alexander)

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina (Brown & Palacios) 

I am Enough (Byers & Bobo)

My Hair is a Garden (Cabrera)

Abigail the Whale (Cali & Bougaeva) 

Hair Love (Cherry & Harrison)

Your Body is Awesome: Body Respect for Children (Danielsdottir & Bjarkadottir) 

The Snake's Toothache (Latin American Tales and Myths) (Lilly & Reasoner)

Love Your Body (Sanders)

 

For Adult Readers

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (Gay)

The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love (Taylor)

You Have the Right to Remain Fat (Tovar)

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (West)

 

 

Activists to Follow

@thebodyisnotanapology

@imtiffanyyu

@itsmekellieb

@jessicaoutofthecloset

@thelindywest

@mamacaxxx

@mayaraefe

@miss_rizos

@preciousleexoxo

@roxanegay74

@rvbyallegra

@SamDylanFinch

@sitting_pretty

@spookyfatbabe

@virgietovar

 

 

References

 

“About the Adipositivity Project.” THE ADIPOSITIVITY PROJECT, https://theadipositivityproject.zenfolio.com/about.html. Accessed July 2019. 

 

“About Sharee Miller.” Sharee Miller, https://www.shareemiller.com/about-ba, Accessed June 2020. 

 

“About Wendy Ewald.” Wendy Ewald. http://wendyewald.com/about/. Accessed July 2019. 

 

“Artist Wendy Ewald.” International Center of Photography. https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/wendy-ewald?all/all/all/all/0. Accessed July 2019. 

 

Balkovek, Corin. “Children’s and YA Books that Feature Fat-Positivity and Body Acceptance.” Book Riot, 21 Mar. 2018, https://bookriot.com/2018/03/21/childrens-books-fat-positivity-and-body-acceptance/. Accessed July 2019. 

 

The Brightly Editors. “Meet the Illustrator: Sharee Miller.” Brightly, https://www.readbrightly.com/meet-illustrator-sharee-miller/, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Chocano, Carina. “Roxane Gay on the Traumas of the Body.” New York Times, 14 July 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/books/review/hunger-a-memoir-of-my-body-roxane-gay.html. Accessed July 2019. 

 

Codinha, Cotton. “Lindy West: How to Write a Revolution.” Allure, 20 June 2019, https://www.allure.com/story/lindy-west-america-the-beautiful-interview. Accessed July 2019. 

 

Cohen-Rottenberg, Rachel. “Where Are All the Disabled People in the Body Positivity Campaigns?” The Body is Not an Apology, 28 September 2017, https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/where-are-all-the-disabled-people-in-the-body-positivity-campaigns/, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Desmond-Harris, Jenée. “What Exactly is a Microaggression?” Vox, 16 February 2015, https://www.vox.com/2015/2/16/8031073/what-are-microaggressions, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Eltahir, Marwa. “Why Self-Love and Self-Care Are Radical for Black Women.” American Urban Radio Networks, 19 March 2020,  http://aurn.com/why-self-love-and-self-care-are-radical-for-black-women/, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Ewald, Wendy. “Wendy Ewald: This Is Where We Live.” Financial Times, 2 Jan. 2015, https://www.ft.com/content/76b0287e-8a21-11e4-9b5f-00144feabdc0#slide0. Accessed July 2019.  

 

Finch, Sam Dylan. “4 ‘Body Positive’ Phrases That Exclude Trans People (And What To Say Instead).” Everyday Feminism, 17 March 2016, https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/03/body-positive-trans-inclusive/, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Graham-McLay, Charlotte. “Sonya Renee Taylor on the Fight to Reclaim Our Bodies From Shame.” Noted, 12 April 2018, https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-social-issues/sonya-renee-taylor-on-the-fight-to-reclaim-our-bodies-from-shame, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Hyde, Katherine. “Literacy Through Photography - Arusha, Tanzania.” Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, https://documentarystudies.duke.edu/exhibits/literacy-through-photography-arusha-tanzania.  Accessed July 2019. 

 

Johnson, Maisha Z. “8 Reasons You Want to Touch Black Women’s Hair – And Why They Mean You Shouldn’t.” Everyday Feminism, 14 September 2015, https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/09/dont-touch-black-womens-hair/, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Kilkenny, Katie. “Roxane Gay on Body Positivity and Her New Pop-Up Magazine” True Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2018,  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roxane-gay-body-positivity-her-new-pop-up-magazine-1098491. Accessed July 2019. 

 

Matti, Nina. "10 Body Positive Instagrammers With Disabilities You Should Follow Immediately." Bustle, 24 November 2017, https://www.bustle.com/p/10-body-positive-advocates-with-disabilities-you-should-follow-on-instagram-immediately-3255497, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Ospina, Marie Southard. “What Is the Body Positive Movement?” Everyday Feminism, 25 December 2015, https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/12/what-is-body-positvity/, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Opsina, Marie Southard. “I’m Done Treating the Word ‘Fat’ Like an Insult.” Self, 21 July 2017, https://www.self.com/story/the-word-fat-doesnt-have-to-be-insulting. Accessed July 2019. 

 

“Princess Hair: An Interview with Sharee Miller.” This Picture Book Life, 16 January 2018, http://thispicturebooklife.com/princess-hair-an-interview-with-sharee-miller/, Accessed June 2020. 

 

“Radically Body-Positive Kids Books.” Raising Luminaries: Books for Littles, https://booksforlittles.com/body-acceptance/. Accessed July 2019. 

 

Rosen, Lisa. “Aidy Bryant and ‘Shrill’ Turn the Tables on Fat-Shaming. Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2019, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-en-st-shrill-aidy-bryant-20190530-story.html. Accessed July 2019. 

 

Ruiz, Rebecca. “Body Positivity Isn't Enough. This Book Will Teach You 'Radical' Self-Love.” Mashable, 1 March 2018, https://mashable.com/2018/03/01/body-positivity-definition-the-body-is-not-an-apology/, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Scott, Andrea K. “What Resulted When a Photographer Gave Rural Children Cameras.” The New Yorker, 31 May 2018. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/what-resulted-when-a-photographer-gave-rural-children-cameras. Accessed July 2019. 

 

Tastrom, Katie. “You Don’t Have to Love Your Body, But You Can’t Hate Mine.” The Body is Not an Apology, 21 May 2018, https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/you-dont-have-to-love-your-body-but-you-cant-hate-mine/, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Tatter, Grace. “Consent at Every Age: Strategies for Educators on How to Talk to Your Students About Respecting One Another’s Boundaries — From Preschool to High School.” Usable Knowledge, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 19 December 2018, https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/18/12/consent-every-age, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Taylor, Sonya Renee. The body is not an apology: The power of radical self-love. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018.

 

“Wendy Ewald.” Literacy Through Photography Blog, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University. https://literacythroughphotography.wordpress.com/wendy-ewald/. Accessed July 2019. 

 

“What Exactly is Thin Privilege.” Kristina Bruce, 15 June 2018, https://www.kristinabruce.com/blog/what-exactly-is-thin-privilege, Accessed June 2020. 

 

Winner, Matthew. “Sharee Miller (The Children's Book Podcast #482).” The Children’s Book Podcast, 2 Jan 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6qGqGCL9tM, Accessed June 2020.



 

 

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