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A review by chelse34
The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color by Virgie Tovar
3.0
Read this for the Bloody Buddy's Instagram book club.
This is basically another version of "More than a Body," but this one is targeted to people of color and fat people. The general message of the book I liked, but I disagreed with some things she said.
She defined racism as "the idea that white people are better than all other races." I disagree. I think racism is if a person of ANY race thinks they are better than another BECAUSE of their race. An Asian could be racist against a black person and vice versa.
She also talked about fatphobia and how people should be able to wear and eat what they want, etc. While I agree with that, she didn't seem to put any emphasis on health. Yes, eat what you want, but keep in mind that health can be an issue with your diet REGARDLESS of what you weigh. She seemed to preach eat whatever and however much you want - don't be afraid to be fat. She forgot to mention, "But beware of killing your arteries and becoming diabetic with this method... Future death ahead if diet isn't somewhat in check." Weight/body size doesn't equal health. So whether skinny or fat, she didn't seem to mention eating based on what our body needs/intuitive eating. Wished she would have a bit.
In short, ignore this book and just go read "More than a Body" instead.
This is basically another version of "More than a Body," but this one is targeted to people of color and fat people. The general message of the book I liked, but I disagreed with some things she said.
She defined racism as "the idea that white people are better than all other races." I disagree. I think racism is if a person of ANY race thinks they are better than another BECAUSE of their race. An Asian could be racist against a black person and vice versa.
She also talked about fatphobia and how people should be able to wear and eat what they want, etc. While I agree with that, she didn't seem to put any emphasis on health. Yes, eat what you want, but keep in mind that health can be an issue with your diet REGARDLESS of what you weigh. She seemed to preach eat whatever and however much you want - don't be afraid to be fat. She forgot to mention, "But beware of killing your arteries and becoming diabetic with this method... Future death ahead if diet isn't somewhat in check." Weight/body size doesn't equal health. So whether skinny or fat, she didn't seem to mention eating based on what our body needs/intuitive eating. Wished she would have a bit.
In short, ignore this book and just go read "More than a Body" instead.