16/05/2025
It’s a bold statement but I stand by it 100%.
A deeper dive into each book ⬇️
1️⃣ The first book I read postpartum with the message I didn’t know I needed. My biggest takeaways were: a) getting dressed is an act of self-care, b) everyone has style ‘cos style is simply what you like, and c) you don’t need new clothes, you need a new attitude towards your existing wardrobe. Thank you for writing such a sensitive, down-to-earth book on a topic that often feels v angsty.
2️⃣ A guide to finding more joy & spoiler alert: it starts with dismantling the patriarchy. wants us to shake off the notion that our bodies are things to be ogled, and instead treat them as vessels for living, loving, dancing, eating, creating - whatever floats your boat. This book helps you identify and dismantle, from the inside out, all the things getting in the way of you and your most delicious life.
3️⃣ As an impressionable teenager, did you ever read in a women’s magazine that if you feel hungry, you should try drinking water instead? Cheers, early 2000’s diet culture. This book reminds us of just how fu***ng ludicrous it is that we’ve been actively taught not to trust our bodies & offers easy-to-implement strategies to change our attitude to food.
4️⃣ As women, how often do we find ourselves ignoring our gut instinct that *something is very wrong here* because we don’t want to make a fuss or hurt someone else’s feelings? This denial of our intuition is literally life-threatening. This book wants to remind us how to listen to it ‘cos it’s our most reliable means of self-protection.
5️⃣ Shockingly (not!), women’s sexuality has often been viewed as ‘mens sexuality lite’ - i.e. same same but different. This book is here to say a big ‘absolutely fkn not’ to what women have always suspected, but this time, has irrefutable science on her side. A must-read for both women AND men.
What book would you add to this list? Lemme know below ⬇️
