Reclaiming UGLY!

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Flip the script on UGLY—reclaim its meaning to Uplift, Glorify, and Love Yourself in an uglified world. Blending joyful self-help with sharp social analysis and personal narrative, Vanessa Rochelle Lewis empowers readers to heal and connect while resisting uglification. Uglification is the weaponization of "ugly," designating certain bodies as less worthy of love, respect, and dignity. It influences who is accepted in various spaces and perpetuates marginalization across identities, intertwining with systems like white supremacy, ableism, sizeism, sexism, and queer- and transphobia. Lewis confronts uglification, illustrating how reclaiming UGLY serves as a subversive act, affirming joy, healing, and community-building in a world designed to hold us back. She encourages us to move beyond mere analysis, inviting bold performances of UGLY as acts of rebellion, liberation, and radical self-love. Through self-help exercises, reflective meditations, and lesson plans, Lewis guides us toward collective liberation, challenging societal definitions of ugly and taboo. By sharing her insights, personal journey, and practical activities, she offers a compassionate embrace, leading us toward lives filled with radical self-acceptance, joyful community-centered healing, and unfiltered self-love.