The Body is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Body Respect by Lindo Bacon & Lucy Aphramor
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
A Hunger So Wide & So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women’s Eating Problems by Becky Thompson
A Clinician’s Guide to Gender Affirming Care by Sand C. Chang, Anneliese A. Singh, & lore m. dickey
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body & Culture: The Developmental Theory of Embodiment by Niva Piran
My Grandmother’s Hands Racialized Trauma & the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts & Bodies by Resmaa Menakem, MSW LICSW SEP
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat by Stephanie Covington Armstrong
Controlled by Neesha Arter
Amazing POC mentors, teachers, and activists in this work:
Sonya Renee Taylor @thebodyisnotanapology
Gloria Lucas @nalgonapositivitypride
Angela Braxton-Johnson @angelabj1poet
Ilya Parker @ decolonizingfitness
king yaa @mxkingyaa
Aaron Flores @aaronfloresrdn
Syd Yang @releasebulimia
Shilo George @shilogeorge
Melissa Carmona @the_spanglish_therapist
Sand Chang @herdrsand
Melissa Toler @melissadtoler
Desiree Adaway @desireeadaway
Sonalee Rashatwar @thefatsextherapist
SO SO many more!