Disobedient Bodies : Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty

Author: Emma Dabiri

Philosophy: aesthetics

Published on 5 October 2023 by Profile Books Ltd (Wellcome Collection) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 160 pages
111 x 178 x 14mm | 124g

*AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 START THE WEEK*An unmissable essay from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Don't Touch My Hair and What White People Can Do Next'A must-read' Psychologies'Radical, incisive, thoughtful . . . I can't recommend enough' Vicky Spratt'This is the book we have needed . . . her piece de resistance, a clarion call for us to reconsider the entire contemporary concept of beauty . . . empowering' Glamour, Best New Books in OctoberFor too long, beauty has been entangled in the forces of patriarchy and capitalism: objectification, shame, control, competition and consumerism. We need to find a way to do beauty differently. This radical, deeply personal and empowering essay points to ways we can all embrace our unruly beauty and enjoy our magnificent, disobedient bodies.

It accompanies The Cult of Beauty, a major exhibition at Wellcome Collection, opening in October 2023.

'Powerful' The i, Best New Books to Read in October 2023'Calls for a radical reimagination and holistic reclamation of beauty' Dazed