In a culture that is hyper focused on body image, especially of women this book is a timely breath of fresh air. King writes like you are having a conversation over coffee with her. You immediately are pulled in by her voice and learn so much. Lead read this one!

The book is wonderful. I can add it in with so many other wonderful books like This Body is Not An Apology, Fat Girls in Black Bodies, Weightless, and Eating While Black just to name a few.

Chrissy King is a wellness expert and I just want everyone in the world to read this book and soak up all of her knowledge. She truly shines brightest when she's telling us about her experiences, the good and the misinformed. Even she worked herself to death to achieve Eurocentric standards that are based in white supremacy. BUT she is sharing her journey how she moved waaaay beyond all that mess and we are all the better for it.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for an Advanced Reader's Copy of this book! The Body Liberation Project by Chrissy King is part memoir, part self help, part educational, wholly recommended in my opinion! I was not familiar with Chrissy King before reading this book, and now I am a fan! I loved that at the end of each chapter there were a number of questions to journal and reflect on. I am so glad that disability and ableism were mentioned in this book, often it seems to not make the cut when intersectionality is discussed. King covered so much and was very inclusive. She broke down many terms that could be new to many people, or that many people use incorrectly. I loved the real life examples of things that she included in the book. Her real life experience was honest and touching. The break down of body positivity, body neutrality, and body liberation were super helpful. Many of the concepts in this book were refreshers for me, but spelled out in such a way that would be accessible to all- that is, if they are willing to listen. I felt empowered after reading this book, about my own body and the steps I can take going forward to help all bodies be liberated.

I really enjoyed this book and found myself learning a lot through the pages. I really enjoyed the outlook that Chrissy King has on bodies and have enjoyed listening to her on various podcasts in the past and continued to enjoy her through this book.

The overly hyped body positivity, big girls are doing it for themselves movement, really annoyed me. I am a big, plus sized, fat, *insert the trendy term for overweight* woman and even I have been rolling my eyes. It feels condescending. And if we can be just a little bit honest, no one is standing from a mountaintop (or a red carpet) shouting about how much they desire fat bodies especially fat black bodies…not even people with fat bodies!
That is the energy I was bringing to The Body Liberation Project by Chrissy King. I began to read the book and I quickly changed my tune. This book was about so much more than loving your fat body. Chrissy addresses white supremacy and the influence racism has on diet culture and the European standard of beauty. She shares her struggles with weight loss and dieting which I’m sure everyone can relate to (Me...I am everyone). This was an enjoyable read on a trending topic that was not preachy or shallow. It is evident Chrissy King has a passion for the work as it translates beautiful through the pages.

Super thrilled that I was given the chance to read this book before its publication day.

I have to say, I HIGHLY enjoyed this candid book. I’m ashamed to admit I hadn’t heard of Chrissy King before learning about this book, even after getting more into the fat liberation and body liberation movements (shoutout to white supremacy).

I appreciated all of the commentary, stories, and honesty Chrissy shares. She doesn’t sugarcoat things. She discusses white supremacy and anti-Black biases and how they are at the heart of the fitness and wellness industries. She pulls from a plethora of sources to support her argument. She also opens up in the most vulnerable way by sharing experiences from her own life.

I also loved the questions at the end of each chapter. I was grateful for her suggestions for how to put things into action. And I really internalized her message of liberating oneself is only part of it—we must work towards liberation for all.

Overall, an amazing and necessary read! If you’re wanting to take down the diet and fitness industry + anti-fatness, we have to start at the root—white supremacy. I HIGHLY recommend it for every single person out there, because we are all affected by this.

Thank you Penguin (Dutton) and NetGalley for this eARC! I will be posting about it on my social media (Bookstagram and Goodreads), Amazon, and Barnes and Noble the week of publication 03/14.

I really enjoyed this and I'm very happy to have gotten the chance to read this. It definitely made me think about how to better treat and love myself and my body and I'm sure it would be a useful read to many out there. Given the prevalence of conversations surrounding body positivity in the past few years I think this book is also very well timed.

Chrissy King shares her journey through the wild ride of the pandemic while undergoing massive life changes. Many readers will relate to her quest to make herself smaller and be the perfect, palatable good girl. King conquers this way of thinking as her quest leads her to fitness and to the realms of body image and then body positivity to the promised land of body liberation. The book explains how and why you should let go of body positivity and pursuit of mainstream eurocentric beauty standards and free yourself to take up space and just be. Think of what you and what women in general will accomplish when we are no longer obsessed with thinness and beauty.
If you are ready to help dismantle white supremacy and diet culture, you will enjoy this debut book by King. The Body Liberation Project would make a great stepping stone (or accompaniment) to reading the works of Audre Lorde and bell hooks. This book is not for those who want to avoid being uncomfortable or to question societal and individual standards and values. Please note that I was provided an advanced reader copy through Net Galley.

Wow thanks so much for the chance to read this one early netgalley! I really enjoyed this book and it made me realize I need to love myself more for who I am not for what I look like. I need to love my body as it is and stop looking at what others want me to be. This is a huge problem in society and how they want people to look feel and be. We are all unique all different and will have different body types. I need to tell myself more that I am enough and my body is mine and perfect just the way it is.

If I could give this book 100 stars, I would. I want to buy this book for every womxn I know. Everyone needs to read this book. Everyone of every color, every size, etc.
I feel like I highlighted every other sentence. Sometimes even whole pages. Even at only 5% in, I couldn’t wait to buy a hardcover of this book when it comes out and recommend it to every single one of my clients who struggle with body image (read: everyone).

Buckle up, it’s about to get uncomfortable…but in the BEST way. This is a book that’s accessible, empowering, and full of hard but essential truths for anyone, at any stage in their body liberation journey.

I absolutely love that the author sprinkled in some of her signature humor, which did help break up the heavy (but necessary) topics. For example…“sometimes I can’t stand social media because it becomes very apparent that people don’t read.” 🤣 Can definitely relate!!

Each chapter has a section called “from principle to practice” that helps you translate the knowledge you’ve gained and lessons you’ve learned into actionable steps and reflections for your own body liberation journey, and the collective body liberation movement.

This book will help guide you - and all people - to body neutrality and liberation. How? By helping you become more aware AND teaching you how to do your part in dismantling the systems of oppression for all bodies that make you feel like you could never be good enough even if you tried.

This is hands down the best book I’ve ever read on anything diet or body related. EVERYONE needs to read this book.

This was an encouraging workbook that covered a lot of ground regarding liberation and body confidence. It felt a bit unfocused at times — covering all of the ground at once — but still landed well for me as someone on this journey.

Wow. This book has shifted my thinking on my relationship to my body as well as my understanding of the systems that have led so many of us to wanting to shrink ourselves for so long. Chrissy does an excellent job of separating the idea of body liberation from the corporatized body positivity movement, helping me realize I can love myself without having to create a false narrative about loving every single part of my body every day. At times certain sections of the book felt a bit repetitive but I would rate a solid 4.5 out of 5. Her writing style is confident but also relatable which is essential in a book that can cover some tough topics for those of us who have been indoctrinated with diet culture our whole lives.

Definitely grateful for the ARC from NetGalley for the purpose of this review. I’ve been dealing with body image issues for years and this book was a lot of what I’ve already read before. However, I don’t believe that I’ve read much about what it’s like for a woman of color to deal with it.

I thought King did such an awesome job with presenting the information and ways we can all heal and come to love our bodies.

We were pleased to share this title at our live Spring Book Preview event for the Modern Mrs Darcy and What Should I Read Next communities on January 10, 2023, when 1200 readers attended live and twice that many watched the replay in the following week. The PDF from that event is attached. Long story short: I'm so excited that this is the first book in Tiny Rep's new line! I loved it. And please note: I didn't follow Chrissy King on social until AFTER I read this important and timely work.

I love that The Body Liberation Project by Chrissy King starts off by introducing us all to the reasons why body liberation is of prime importance. Among the statistics shared Chrissy writes that in 1970 girls started dieting at the age of fourteen as compared to the age of eight years old in the present day. This has severe implications for the mental health of young people and our society as a whole with a particular negative effect on those of us residing in Black bodies.

Chrissy shares personal narratives from her own lived experience, both personal and professional, as a Black women. She demonstrates what she means by body liberation by sharing how she came into her own acceptance of her body and her own active, daily practice of eventual self-love and self celebration. She also shares narratives about her hair and the ways our bodies, as Black women, are constantly under surveillance. As Black women we have been largely undervalued by mainstream beauty and diet culture. This book is both a call in and a call out, particular to the white women who have coopted the body positivity movement created by women of color determined to call out fatphobia. Many powerful points are made around the inequity that exists within diet culture particularly the disparities in how much white influencers are paid as compared to their BIPOC counterparts. Chrissy asks some important questions to her white readers and wants us all to seriously consider our own areas of privilege while doing this work of unlearning internalized hatred towards our bodies and seeking liberation. This book is the first time I've also read the term "body neutrality" which is a term that encourages us all to simply observe that this is how our bodies look today without judgment or any value assessment. There are several practice tools outlined in this book and each chapter ends with a section entitled: From Principle to Practice where some questions/journal prompts are shared to encourage us to deepen our own liberation practice.

This is an excellent book for anyone wanting to learn more about the harm diet culture causes and the definitions of basic concepts around body liberation. I loved the references to the work of bell hooks and Audre Lorde among so many others.

Thank you so much to the author and publisher for the e-arc copy!

Overall, this was a pretty good read. The author bluntly calls out the white-washing of the "body positivity movement", the dangers of performative allyship and so many other issues that not only need to be be brought to the forefront. I can appreciate the thoroughness of the writing but at times it can be a little dull and hard to focus in on. Chrissy is definitely bringing a lot of good to the table when it comes to true Body Liberation beyond that of the body positivity movement.

The Body Liberation Project by Chrissy King is an informative read on dismantling the hate we feel for our bodies due to white supremacy and other bigoted views, as well as personal and relatable stories about body image issues and reaching towards body liberation.

The Body Liberation Project is told by a plus-size black woman, Chrissy King, that brings us along on her journey of body liberation and that progression throughout her life. Discussed through the ideas of intersectionality, we see the ways in which liberating marginalized bodies is a radical change that is not encouraged by society as well as going much deeper than just 'body positivity'. With comprehensive questions at the end of every chapter and personal life stories, The Body Liberation Project serves to inform us on our body journey, meet us where we are, and relate to Chrissy with larger connections.

As someone who has struggled greatly with body image throughout my life, King's novel is a great realistic view of this issue that links it to greater problems in our society. Often times, when we are closely linked to an issue, we do not see it on a grander and feel very personally; King ties our ideas of body image to white supremacy and other marginalized identities which is why our goal needs to be nothing less than liberation. This novel helped me realize that our goal should be body liberation, but this is not always realistic. We should work to form healthy connections with our bodies and to unlearn what we on a systematic and personal level have been forced to believe about our worth linked with appearance.

Thank you to NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Dutton for this ARC!