This book you’re holding is many things. It’s a hug for yourself, a long, hard look in the mirror, a chorus of support that what you’re experiencing is real, and a gift for a friend. Through bite-size essays and the same beautiful illustrations that inspired the original Instagram account, Recipes for Self-Love delivers powerful lessons in self-care, intersectional feminism, body image, consumerism, and holding your own in a patriarchal society.
Based on her popular Instagram feed of the same name (144k followers and counting), Recipes for Self-Love is a book by Amsterdam-based artist Alison Rachel of empowering images of and for women, and accompanying mediations on feminism, self-care, boundaries, intersectionality, sexuality, anxiety, ritual, beauty, individuality, and self-expression. Featuring all-new images in her bright, distinctive style in a gifty full-color package (7 x 7” POB), Recipes for Self-Love is the ultimate appreciation gift for the powerful, incredible women in your life (or for yourself).