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Meet Nancy Carlsonโs peppy pigโa character who is full of good feelings about herself. Her story will leave little ones feeling good about themselves, too! “Little ones in need of positive reinforcement will find it here. An exuberant pig proclaims “I like me!” She likes the way she looks, and all her activities….When she makes…
*Silver medal winner in the ‘Self-Esteem’ category of the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards 2015* Bodies do all sorts of amazing things, like move around, grow bigger and heal themselves. Bodies also come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and we need to take care of them so that they stay healthy and strong. If…
An important and timely anthology of black British writing, edited and curated by the authors of the highly acclaimed, ground-breaking Slay In Your Lane. Slay in Your Lane Presents:ย Loud Black Girlsย features essays from the diverse voicesย of twenty established and emerging black Britishย writers. โI so enjoyed stepping inside the minds of these younger women who have…
Beyond a Shadow of a Diet is the most comprehensive book available for professionals working with clients who struggle with Binge Eating Disorder, Compulsive Eating or Emotional Overeating. The authors present research revealing that food restrictions in the pursuit of weight loss actually trigger and sustain overeating. Next, they offer step-by-step guidelines to help clients…
America is a weight-obsessed nation. Over the last decade, there’s been an explosion of concern in the U.S. about people getting fatter. Plaintiffs are now filing lawsuits arguing that discrimination against fat people should be illegal. Fat Rights asks the first provocative questions that need to be raised about adding weight to lists of currently…
Patients with eating disorders frequently feel that they arenโt “sick enough” to merit treatment, despite medical problems that are both measurable and unmeasurable. They may struggle to accept rest, nutrition, and a team to help them move towards recovery. Sick Enough offers patients, their families, and clinicians a comprehensive, accessible review of the medical issues…
Two-time Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet and USA TODAY bestselling author amanda lovelace presents believe in your own magic, a stunning new oracle deck based on her celebrated poetry series, women are some kind of magic. With art by fairy tale illustrator Janaina Medeiros, each card offers daily messages of empowerment to stir your inner princess,…
A gentle, comforting, body-positive approach to food Itโs time to explore and build new, positive relationships with food, moving away from restriction, deprivation, and obsession with body image. The Intuitive Eating Plan provides you with the information and steps necessary to heal your relationship with food and accept your bodyโs beautiful intuition. You will be…
This book is a comprehensive guide to addressing, working with, and healing from emotional struggles related to fertility and eating disorders. Covering the emotional, psychological and physical impact of anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge eating disorder, this book explores the lived experience of numerous women and men who have lived with eating disorders, fertility, and…
“The Girl with the Smile” is a collection of poems. In its pages you will find the author’s journey towards understanding, acceptance and vulnerability. It is Simply…Beautifully…Human… About the Author Vanessa Chica Ferreira is a New York City writer and performance poet who believes there is strength in vulnerability. As a lover and supporter of…
A new, practical workbook from the New York Times bestselling author of Come As You Are that allows you to apply the bookโs groundbreaking research and understanding of why and how womenโs sexuality works to everyday life. In the twentieth century, womenโs sexuality was seen as โMenโs Sexuality Liteโ: basically the same, but not quite…
“Live Big Girl” is a Poetic play about 3 women and their different and not so different experiences of living in a body that is not celebrated. There is root deep digging towards self-awareness, Self acceptance, and self-love. Fierceness comes when truths are shared.
This book presents an unprecedented opportunity for people to hear from a simultaneously ostracized, ridiculed, and ignored group: fat Americans. Find out how the members of this very diverse group of people describe their actual lived experiences, quality of life, hopes and dreams, and demands. โข Provides readers with unprecedented insights into the lived experiences…
Fifty-four portraits of women that are striking, beautiful, and real. The bodies in this book have been shaped by the full sweep of the feminine experience. They belong to 54 women from all over the country, ages 19 to 95, of all sizes and shapes, ethnicities, and life experiences, who were willing to expose their…
Features: Upholstered in commercial grade black fabric 3″ thick contoured seat and back cushions Back height and back angle adjustments 19″ adjustable height chrome foot ring Heavy duty five-star nylon base Details: Dimensions: Seat Size: 20″W x 19″D Back Size: 17″W x 19″H Seat Height: 23″ -33″H.
Be yourself like Molly Lou Melon no matter what a bully may do. Molly Lou Melon is short and clumsy, has buck teeth, and has a voice that sounds like a bullfrog being squeezed by a boa constrictor. She doesn’t mind. Her grandmother has always told her to walk proud, smile big, and sing loud,…
2020 “Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten” winner (ALA) & Winner of the 2019 Eureka! Gold Awards There’s more to being a boy than sports, feats of daring, and keeping a stiff upper lip. A Boy Like You encourages every boy to embrace all the things that make him unique, to be brave and…
An exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in todayโs toxic food culture.Food is supposed to sustain and nourish us. Eating well, any doctor will tell you, is the best way to take care of yourself. Feeding well, any human will tell you, is the most important job a mother…
โHer body is beautifulโstrong, kind and wise. All bodies are lovely no matter their size.โ Her Body Can is a book of poetic self-love and body positivity declarations for all young girls. Its aim is to encourage our young girls to create a reality for themselves in which they love themselves and their bodies for…
Abigail dreads swimming lessons. Every time she dives into the pool, she makes a big splash, and all the girls in her class shout: ยAbigailโs a whale!โ Abigail can see that she is larger than the other girls. She feels huge, heavy, and out of place. Abigailโs swimming teacher takes her aside and points out:…
If there are two subjects that are universally fascinating and rife with controversy, they are sex and fat. Though our culture is obsessed with both, the two commingling are sometimes seen as offensive, obscene, or even grotesque. Fat people are not viewed as sexual beings. Of course, this perception is far from accurate. Fat people…
A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most. Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted as something…
This carefully crafted coloring book was designed to cultivate imagination, inspire, build confidence and foster a positive-self image. This revolutionary book teaches girls to love the skin they’re in. I Love ME! Colorful and Creative. A girl can be a leader, quirky, brainy, brilliant, sporty, inventive, entrepreneurial, musical, artsy, princess-like, or all of the above….
Your emotional expression matters. I am writing this book of expressive writing journal prompts in the hope that you will create new neural pathways to naturally express your authentic feelings. Too many of us have been taught to bury our real feelings. We bury them with silence. We bury them with people-pleasing. We bury them…
An intersectional, feminist YA anthology from some of today’s most exciting voices across a span of genres, all celebrating body diversity and fat acceptance through short stories. Fat girls and boys and nonbinary teens are: friends who lift each other up, heroes who rescue themselves, big bodies in space, intellects taking up space, and bodies…
