#64 - The Beauty of Being a Misfit - A Manifesto for Everyone Who Doesn’t Fit In

Lidia Yuknavitch is a MISFIT and she wants you to know it’s OK to
be one too. In fact, it’s necessary. In her latest book, The
Misfit’s Manifesto Lidia and her guest authors share their
stories for what it’s like being on the outer edges where you
don’t fit in.


We layer the “outsider complex” with Body Kindness, discussing
the “false fictions” people believe about our bodies and our
health. How acceptance of the problems in our culture labeling
certain bodies as “bad” or “wrong” (not that WE ARE WRONG) is
valuable to move forward and feel our worthiness. Contrary to our
beliefs, misfits are desperately needed in society. Our stories
are a form of knowledge and we’ve been through trauma, adversity,
and chaos that has strengthened us and we can help strengthen our
culture too.


About Lidia: Lidia Yuknavitch is the national
bestselling author of the novels The Book of Joan, The Small
Backs of Children, Dora: A Headcase, and the memoir The
Chronology of Water. Her new book is The Misfit’s Manifesto. Her
acclaimed TED Talk “The Beauty of Being a Misfit” has over 2
million views. She is the recipient of two Oregon Book Awards, a
Willamette Writers Award, and was a finalist for the 2017
Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize and the 2012 Pen Center
Creative Nonfiction Award. She writes, teaches, and lives in
Portland, Oregon.


Follow Lidia: Website | Twitter | Facebook |
Instagram | Books


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