7 Books About Body Image From A Feminist Perspective

Our work is based on a feminist dialogical model (asking people what they need to feel better about their bodies instead of assuming anything about their struggles!) and 20+ years of hands on healing work with thousands of people of all ages and identities who suffer over their bodies. The book is filled with stories of diverse people who learned to make peace with their magnificent selves.

Noted Psychologist Dr. Patricia O’Gorman offers a thoughtful analysis of the causes of ‘girly thoughts’ as well as in-depth self-evaluation assessments any woman can use to identify her personal challenges as she learns to use the 7 steps to consciously grow her resilience.

Far from being a shiny tale of self-actualization, Project Body Love explores the complexity of being a fat person in a thin-obsessed world, and concludes with an entirely new perspective on the elusive body love – one that was surprising, even to me. This is my story, and so much of it is also the story of millions of other women.

And so, I wrote this for every woman who has spent too much time trying to make herself small. I wrote it for every woman who wants to love her body, but can’t figure out how. I wrote this for a world that needs its women committed to revolution and sovereignty and joy, not eating more salad.

They keep asking themselves, Am I good enough? Do I matter? Will others love and accept me for who I am? Beauty Redefined explores this critical issue by looking at beauty from a cultural, biological and historical perspective and provides solutions on what we can do on a collective and individual level to redefine what it means to be a beautiful woman.

By reading this book, you’ll be convinced that your voice matters and you’ll feel empowered to make your own unique mark in the world, no matter what your size, shape, colour or ethnic background is. You’ll learn how to love yourself (warts and all!) and embrace every unique aspect of your being and use it to make the world a better place.

In society, where perfection is celebrated and authenticity is just a buzzword, the author exposes deeply personal and delicate issues with humour and frankness, encouraging the reader to uncover their own inner being and truly get to know themselves.

Girl Seeks Life aims to connect readers with their honest identities and provides practical tools for the discovery of unconscious thoughts, feelings, beliefs and behaviours which are contributing to a lack of confidence, issues within relationships and the fear of moving forward in life.

By the end of this book you will have the tools you need to rebuild your self-esteem. You will learn how to value yourself and, in turn, the way you should expect others to value and treat you. You will learn how to think about the events in your life in a different way. Through Allison’s example you will see that changing your life and your negative thoughts is possible, no matter what difficult things you have been through. Changing the way you think will change your life for the better.