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Informationen zum Autor Yewande Biala is an Operations Specialist in the biopharmaceutical industry who rose to fame after appearing on Love Island in 2019. In January 2021, she led a viral conversation about racial renaming and wrote about her experience in the Independent, for which she received acclaim and an outpouring of support. Yewande has since written for the paper about colourism and is fast becoming an authoritative commentator on our most pressing issues. Reclaiming is her first book. @Yewande_Biala Klappentext I am more than enough, and I am perfect with all my imperfections. In 2021, Yewande Biala wrote a searing viral essay on the debilitating effects of having your name constantly mispronounced or changed. From the incredible response to the essay, it was clear that there are still so many conversations to be had around the way that we as a society respond to each other, and the direct effect it is having on our sense of self. Reclaiming consists of interlinked essays covering a wide breadth of topics from struggling with your body image and mental health to navigating social media and dating apps without damaging your self-esteem. Each essay covers a different topic, affirming that maintaining your sense of self in a world that is not supportive of you is difficult, but not impossible. Nuanced, distinctly sharp, and full of wit, Reclaiming holds a mirror up to us all, and encourages us to like what we see. Vorwort An important, enlightening, celebratory book about being who you are, not who you are expected to be and why that is key to maintaining your own identity. Zusammenfassung An important, enlightening, celebratory book about being who you are, not who you are expected to be and why that is key to maintaining your own identity.
