A review by booklistqueen
More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament by Lexie Kite, Lindsay Kite

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

 An eye-opening examination of how are beauty-obsessed world has failed generations of women. Although body positivity has helped some women, body image issues will not go away until we realize that you are not defined by your body. The Kite sisters show how deeply ingrained objectification of women is in our society and in our own minds and help you discover that you are more than a body.

I've struggled with body image issues my entire life, and More Than a Body spoke to me on a deeper level than I ever expected. An entire generation of women, myself included, have been brainwashed into viewing ourselves as objects. If you've ever avoided an activity because of your appearance or thought that your life will be perfect once you reach your goal weight, this is the book for you.

Critically speaking, the writing could have been better and the chapters were abysmally long. Also, the target audience is middle-class white women. The authors do try really hard to be inclusive, which will annoy some readers for being too politically correct and annoy others for speaking for those they shouldn't. However, the powerful message gives so much food for thought that I'm already planning to reread it.