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Aisle

Post-colonization, Biopolitics

The Body is not an Apology

Author

Sonya Renee Taylor

Genre

Colonization, Gender, Sexuality, Biopolitics, Self Help

Theme

Constructs of Beauty and Fatphobia are linked with Colonial Mindsets

Gist

Provides a step-by-step guide to take back the narrative and redefine body positivity. Also questions the beauty industry and the constructs it places on its residents: women, specifically BIPOC women, so that they "appear more Western, and hence prettier".

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