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United States Sonya Renee Taylor is an award-winning poet, activist, bestselling author, and founder of The Body is Not An Apology movement, advocating for radical self-love and social justice.
Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, an international movement, digital media, and education company committed to cultivating Radical Self Love as the foundational tool for social justice.
Sonya Renee Taylor and Brené Brown discuss body shame, radical self-love, and social justice on Brene Brown's podcast.
Sonya Renee Taylor delivered a keynote speech as the founder and radical executive officer of The Body is Not an Apology, a digital media and education company with content promoting social justice.
Sonya Renee Taylor's book "The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love" is sold at Barnes & Noble. She also narrates the audiobook version.
Sonya Renee Taylor's most recent book, "The Book of Radical Answers," an advice book for children, was published by Penguin Random House in October 2023.
Sonya Renee Taylor is associated with "Buy Back Black Debt" initiative of Restorative Actions, which cleared over half a million dollars in Black-held debt in October 2020.
Sonya Renee Taylor is an American author, poet, spoken word artist, speaker, humanitarian, and social justice activist, known for her work promoting body liberation and racial justice through radical self-love. She holds a B.A. in Sociology and an M.S.A. in Organizational Management. Taylor is a Black queer woman who also identifies as fat, cisgender, and neurodivergent.
Taylor gained prominence in the spoken word community, winning multiple national and international poetry slams. Her career as a spoken word artist included the 2004 U.S. National Individual Poetry Slam competition, the 2005 DC/Baltimore Grand Slam competition, the 2007 Ill List III Slam competition, and the 2006 Four Continents International Slam competition. She has performed globally at diverse venues including prisons, mental health treatment facilities, homeless shelters, universities, festivals, and public schools across the US, New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Sweden, Canada, and the Netherlands. She has also appeared on television networks such as CBS News, MTV, BET, TVOne, Oxygen Network, CNN, PBS, and NPR, including HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam.”
In 2012, Taylor founded The Body Is Not An Apology global movement, initially as a Facebook page, which expanded into a website, digital article library, and educational company. This movement advocates for “global, radical, unapologetic self-love” as a foundation for social justice. Her 2018 book, “The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love,” became a New York Times best-seller in February 2021. Her work critiques the mainstream body positivity movement, emphasizing the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality for marginalized communities. Other significant projects include the “What’s Up, Y’all?” video series and the “Buy Back Black Debt” initiative, which cleared over half a million dollars in Black-held debt in October 2020. Her commitment to liberation and equity informs all aspects of her professional and advocacy work, making her a prominent figure in contemporary social justice discourse.
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