wallflower reads

Hiya wallflowers! I thought I’d start off our wallflower reads series with the best book I’ve read in…well, what feels like my entire life. Have you ever read something that felt specifically made for you? Something that was almost tough to get through because picking it up felt like therapy each time? That’s how I feel about The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor. It’s a pretty short read but took me three months to finish due to the number of times I had to stop and reflect. The message we often hear from the body positivity movement is sweet and encouraging, but a little fluffy. Something along the lines of, “practice  [Continue Reading]