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Wilson, Jessica (Dietician), author.
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African American women -- Health and hygiene.
African American women -- Psychology.
Body image in women -- United States.
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It's always been our...
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It's always been ours : rewriting the story of Black women's bodies / Jessica Wilson.
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Wilson, Jessica (Dietician), author.
New York : Hachette Go, 2023.
Subjects
African American women -- Health and hygiene.
African American women -- Psychology.
Body image in women -- United States.
ISBN:
9780306827693 (hardcover) :
0306827697 (hardcover)
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vii, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Introduction: Breathe beauty -- Part 1: "Live, laugh, love". It isn't diet culture, it's white supremacy -- Special aliens who can heal the world!: resilience -- "For our own good": respectability -- Too much, yet not enough: restriction -- Part 2: "Solutions": having a body is hard. Feeling good as hell: body toxicity -- Can we eat our way to liberation? -- Health is killing us -- Gooped, but not well -- Part 3: A new story. Rewriting the narrative -- Celebrating Black joy.
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A dietitian, storyteller, and community organizer offers a cultural discussion of body image, food, health and wellness by focusing on the bodies of Black women and how our culture's obsession with thin, white women reinforces racist ideas and ideals.
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