It's Always Been Ours

In the vein of Thick and The Body is Not An Apology—a vital look at diet culture and Black women's health and wellbeing from eating disorder specialist Jessica Wilson.

Reclaim ownership of your health, rewrite the narrative surrounding body image and restore your right to healing, safety, and self-love.

For too long, Black women have been left out of discussions about body image, food, health, and wellness. By bringing the bodies of Black women centre stage, eating disorder specialist Jessica Wilson asks us to reimagine the ways we think about, discuss, and tend to our bodies.

This book is a call for body liberation now. It's Always Been Ours pushes back against some of the unhealthy ideals within the wellness movement. Seamlessly blending stories of clients, friends, and celebrities, Jessica reveals how a fixation on thin, white women negatively impacts how Black women exist within our bodies and harms all women.

Jessica urges us to reject a diet culture that disproportionately harms Black women. She offers, instead, a politics of body liberation that prioritises Black women's physical and psychological needs.

With just the right mix of wit, levity, and wisdom, Jessica shows us how a radical reimagining of body narratives is a prerequisite to wellbeing for everyone. It's Always Been Ours is a love letter that celebrates Black women's bodies and shows us a radical and essential path forward to rediscovering vulnerability and joy.