We recognize the work and are so grateful for the wisdom offered by the following sources.
We thank them for their contributions.
And special thanks to Chrystal Sunshine,
who co-authored the first iteration of this theme for SHIFT Book Box.
Suggested Additional Reading
For Young Readers
A Kids Book About Body Image (Alexander)
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina (Brown & Palacios)
I am Enough (Byers & Bobo)
My Hair is a Garden (Cabrera)
Abigail the Whale (Cali & Bougaeva)
Hair Love (Cherry & Harrison)
Your Body is Awesome: Body Respect for Children (Danielsdottir & Bjarkadottir)
The Snake's Toothache (Latin American Tales and Myths) (Lilly & Reasoner)
Love Your Body (Sanders)
For Adult Readers
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (Gay)
The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love (Taylor)
You Have the Right to Remain Fat (Tovar)
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (West)
Activists to Follow
@thebodyisnotanapology
@thelindywest
@mayaraefe
@miss_rizos
@roxanegay74
@SamDylanFinch
@virgietovar
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