Decolonizing Wellness
By: Dalia Kinsey
4.04
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Become the healthiest and happiest version of yourself using wellness tools designed specifically f…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Your existence is a testament to the body wisdom of your ancestors."-Dalia Kinsey, Decolonizing Wellness
"It is entirely possible (but not mandatory) to say no with love in your heart."-Dalia Kinsey, Decolonizing Wellness
"Nurturing yourself protects your peace and energy. Self-love is a survival skill, not a luxury for the privileged."-Dalia Kinsey, Decolonizing Wellness
"Eating when you are hungry and stopping when you are comfortably satisfied is selfcare as much as taking a day off from the gym when you are physically exhausted."-Dalia Kinsey, Decolonizing Wellness
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1. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
By: Brittney Cooper
4.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Black women are often considered angry and divisive in their interactions with others in both publi… read more
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- feminism
- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
2. “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People
By: Aubrey Gordon
4.33
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the fac… read more
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- health
- feminism
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- audiobook
3. Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want
By: Ruha Benjamin
4.47
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring vision of how we can build a more just world--one small change at a time Long befor… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
4. Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat
By: Derek Beres
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Conspirituality takes a deep dive into the troubling phenomenon of influencers who have curdled New… read more
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- health
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- audiobook
5. The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
By: Sonya Renee Taylor
4.23
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
A global movement guided by love. Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of bel… read more
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- audiobook
- self help
- race
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- feminism
- mental health
- nonfiction
- social justice
- queer
"There is gorgeous potential and heinous instinct in us all."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"Being different is difficult in a world that tells us there is a "normal."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"The most powerful antidote to a world of body terrorism is a world of compassion. Giving yourself the gift of grace is an act of revolution!"-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"Systems do not maintain themselves; even our lack of intervention is an act of maintenance. Every structure in every society is upheld by the active and passive assistance of other human beings."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
6. Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
By: Da’Shaun Harrison
4.53
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Exploring anti-fatness and anti-Blackness at the intersections of race, police violence, gender ide… read more
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- race
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- social justice
- queer
"Ugly is political. It is the determiner for who does and does not work; who does and does not Love; who does and does not die; who does and does not eat."-Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
"What is the utility of "body positivity" if it only seeks to provide one with a false sense of confidence rather than to liberate all from that which cages the body?"-Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
"What would it mean for us to lean into Insecurity as a political tool in which we free ourselves from insisting that we perform "perfection" and total confidence in order to advocate for our collecti…"-Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
"What I am really naming here is the complicatedness of feeling both affirmed and harmed by your assault because your body is never really your own when you're fat and Black, and the trauma you arrive…"-Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
7. The Bruising of Qilwa
By: Naseem Jamnia
3.75
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this intricate debut fantasy introducing a queernormative Persian-inspired world, a nonbinary re… read more
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- lgbt
- queer
- audiobook
8. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
By: Tricia Hersey
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more
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- self help
- race
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- audiobook
9. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
4.55
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and perfor… read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
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- social justice
- queer
"It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed."-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"To me, one quality of disability justice culture is that it is simultaneously beautiful and practical. Poetry and dance are as valuable as a blog post about access hacks - because they're equally imp…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"Disability Justice allowed me to understand that me writing from my sickbed wasn't me being week or uncool or not a real writer but a time-honoured crip creative practice. And that understanding allo…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"One of the central loves of my life is coaching and supporting other writers. Specifically, writers who identify as BIPOC, sick/Mad/disabled, queer/trans, femme, working-class/poor, or some or all of…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
10. Laziness Does Not Exist
By: Devon Price
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human … read more
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- health
- mental health
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"If someone's behavior makes no sense to us, passing judgment on it feels very natural."-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"This tendency to blame people for their own pain is comforting, in a twisted way: it allows us to close up our hearts and ignore the suffering of others."-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"We live in a world where hard work is rewarded and having needs and limitations is seen as a source of shame. It's no wonder so many of us are constantly overexerting ourselves, saying yes out of fea…"-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
"If you're entitled to moments of rest, of imperfection, of laziness and sloth, then so are homeless people, and people with depression, and people who are addicted to drugs. If your life has value no…"-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist
11. Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
By: Nick Walker
4.37
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on h… read more
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- lgbt
- mental health
- nonfiction
- queer
"If you see anyone trying to narrow the definition of neuroqueer and trying to police who gets to use the tern, feel free to tell them that I said to stop acting like a fucking cop. The world needs mo…"-Nick Walker, Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
12. What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
By: Aubrey Gordon
4.41
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
From the creator of Your Fat Friend, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias faci… read more
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- health
- feminism
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
13. Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture
By: Virginia Sole-Smith
4.31
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids believe that “fat” is b… read more
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- health
- mental health
- nonfiction
- self help
14. How to Raise an Intuitive Eater: Raising the Next Generation with Food and Body Confidence
By: Sumner Brooks
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
With the wisdom of Intuitive Eating, a manifesto for parents to help them reject diet culture and r… read more
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- health
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
4.46
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha follows up their incredible book Care Work with The Future Is Disa… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- social justice
- queer
"There is no one disabled future. But in mine, there is guaranteed income, housing, access, food, water, and education for all—or money has been abolished. I get paid to write from my bed. The births …"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
"Sometimes I feel impatient about how much ableism has forced us to emphasize accessibility to get people to pay even a modicum of attention to it. Collective access is revolutionary because disabled …"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
"A future where disability justice won looks like queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, folks of colour, and women, girls, and nonbinary humans are living in a world where disability is the norm, and where…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
16. Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America
By: Julia Lee
4.34
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Julia Lee is angry. And she has questions. What does it mean to be Asian in America? What does it … read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
17. The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being
By: Christy Harrison
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A searing critique of modern wellness culture and how it stands in the way of true well-being that … read more
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- self help
- health
- feminism
- mental health
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
By: Kaitlin B. Curtice
4.20
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In an era in which "resistance" has become tokenized, popular Indigenous author Kaitlin Curtice rec… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
19. Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
By: Sabrina Strings
4.25
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
In her first book, sociologist Strings (sociology, Univ. of California, Irvine) explores the histor… read more
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- race
- feminism
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
"...the current anti-fat bias in the United States and in much of the West was not born in the medical field. Racial scientific literature since at least the eighteenth century has claimed that fatnes…"-Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
"Together, the two traveled to the south of France, where Bernier earned a medical degree in just three months. The degree, however, carried the somewhat suspect stipulation that his fast-tracked medi…"-Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
"...racial discourse was deployed by elite Europeans and white Americans to create social distinctions between themselves and fat racial Others. Black people, as well as so-called degraded or hybrid w…"-Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
"The legacy of Protestant moralism and race science as it related to fat and thin persons loomed large. Indeed, many early to mid-twentieth-century physicians relied on moral and racial logics to rail…"-Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
20. It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told)
By: Karen Tang
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An inclusive and essential guide to reproductive health—including period problems, pelvic pain, men… read more
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- audiobook
- health
- feminism
- nonfiction
- self help
21. Italian Folk Magic: Rue's Kitchen Witchery
By: Mary-Grace Fahrun
4.26
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In this fascinating journey through the magical, folkloric, and healing traditions of Italy the rea… read more
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- nonfiction
22. Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & Liberation
By: Hilary Kinavey
4.45
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A holistic and powerful framework for accepting and liberating our bodies, and ourselves. Have y… read more
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- audiobook
- health
- mental health
- nonfiction
- self help
23. Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding
By: Maia Kobabe
4.47
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
A graphic guide to chest binding with real-life stories and research-backed advice from bestselling… read more
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- queer
- health
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- self help
24. Decolonizing Wellness
By: Dalia Kinsey
4.04
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Become the healthiest and happiest version of yourself using wellness tools designed specifically f… read more
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- audiobook
- self help
- race
- lgbt
- health
- feminism
- mental health
- nonfiction
- social justice
- queer
"Your existence is a testament to the body wisdom of your ancestors."-Dalia Kinsey, Decolonizing Wellness
"It is entirely possible (but not mandatory) to say no with love in your heart."-Dalia Kinsey, Decolonizing Wellness
"Nurturing yourself protects your peace and energy. Self-love is a survival skill, not a luxury for the privileged."-Dalia Kinsey, Decolonizing Wellness
"Eating when you are hungry and stopping when you are comfortably satisfied is selfcare as much as taking a day off from the gym when you are physically exhausted."-Dalia Kinsey, Decolonizing Wellness
25. Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power
By: Devon Price
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Learn to identify—and combat—Systemic Shame, the feeling of self-hatred and disempowerment that com… read more
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- audiobook
- queer
- mental health
- nonfiction
- self help
26. Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind
By: Fariha Róisín
3.66
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The multi-disciplinary artist and author of Like a Bird and How to Cure a Ghost explores the commod… read more
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- self help
- health
- mental health
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
"I think her precocious intellectual development is what happens to bright and sensitive kids when the emotional environment isn't able to hold them. They develop this very powerful intellect that hol…"-Fariha Róisín, Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind
"I have a lot of grief over being robbed of my early life and so I have a lot of anger towards people who have had good childhoods, it’s a privilege. I’m not sure why we don’t understand this. Especia…"-Fariha Róisín, Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind
27. A Million Quiet Revolutions
By: Robin Gow
4.19
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
For as long as they can remember, Aaron and Oliver have only ever had each other. In a small town w… read more
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- lgbt
- queer
- audiobook
"I feel like the only way to exist as a queer person is to hide."-Robin Gow, A Million Quiet Revolutions
"It’s hard to search for someone like yourself when you’re not even sure who you are."-Robin Gow, A Million Quiet Revolutions
28. Body Neutral: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues
By: Jessi Kneeland
4.12
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
“An incredible resource for those who are looking to find greater peace with their bodies in order … read more
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- self help
- health
- feminism
- mental health
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom
By: Chrissy King
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From author and wellness personality Chrissy King, an exciting, genre-redefining narrative mix of m… read more
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- self help
- race
- health
- feminism
- mental health
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
30. It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women’s Bodies
By: Jessica Wilson MS RD
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
WE WILL REWRITE THE NARARTIVE OF BLACKNESS THAT CENTERS AND CELEBRATES OUR JOY. In It’s Always Bee… read more
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- race
- health
- feminism
- nonfiction
- social justice
- audiobook
31. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit
By: Mary-Frances Winters
4.43
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemi… read more
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- race
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