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  • Take Up Space, Y'All: Your Bold & Bright Guide to Self-Love by Tess Holliday book cover
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Take Up Space, Y'All: Your Bold & Bright Guide to Self-Love

by Tess Holliday

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A practical guide to self-love and social pressures

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A practical guide to self-love and social pressures

Tess Holliday and Kelly Coon address pressures teens may face around appearance, grades, and social status, with topics including social media, body care, personal style, and seeking support from trusted adults. The book combines advice and accounts from Holliday’s life with quizzes, writing prompts, and sidebars, giving its guidance several formats. Its emphasis on self-esteem and self-reliance is paired with attention to both physical and mental health. The result is a resource organized around everyday choices and ways to respond to difficult situations, rather than a single extended narrative.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in self-esteem and self-reliance
  • Readers seeking guidance on body image, social media, or societal pressures
  • Those who prefer advice presented through prompts, quizzes, personal anecdotes, and sidebars

Themes

Self-love and body imageSocial media and online pressuresSelf-care and personal styleSeeking support from trusted adults

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Book overview

Make your own rules and treat your body well in this uplifting, inspirational, and fact-filled guide to navigating social media, taking care of yourself, and loving your body by top plus-size model Tess Holliday and award-winning author Kelly Coon.

A USA Today Bestseller!

2026 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Winner in the Young Adult (YA) Non-Fiction, Ages 13-19+ category

Take Up Space, Y'all gives teen readers a joyful, can't-put-this-down reading experience with advice and colorful anecdotes from body positivity activist, top plus-size model, and inclusivity consultant, Tess Holliday. Tess Holliday has been on a mission to shift society's mindset on what is beautiful, what is healthy, and what matters most of out life and living authentically. Now she and co-author, Kelly Coon, are combating the immense pressures society places on teens--from grades to social status to looks--and acknowledging these can have a negative impact on one's physical and mental health. Let Tess, Kelly, and various professionals guide you to taking up all the space you need by:

  • making good eating choices for your body
  • choosing fashion that defines you
  • steering clear of social media trolls
  • seeking help from trusted adults in hard situations
  • and more!
Through fun quizzes, bit-sized stories from Tess's life, writing prompts, and digestible sidebars, this guide is sure to empower you to unleash self-love and to conquer societal pressures while having fun at the same time.
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