Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

31 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I adored this book. Its raw, real, and insightful. It feels less like a memoir or a biography and more like a well researched social commentary with real world examples. Emily Ratajkowski is primarily famous from her appearance in the Blurred Lines music video but, she started her career long before and continues it long after. In addition to writing about her industry experiences, good and bad, Emily describes the publics reactions and people close to her. Her description of multiple experiences of men in the industry taking advantage of their positions and her desperation/naivety is both profound and unfortunately relatable. As a women who is nothing like Emily Ratajkowski, she wrote of things most women experience one way or another and accurately targeted how we feel and how hopeless it is. Although it was unfortunately relatable, it was well written, engaging, and genuinely interesting. I now adore her and will fist fight someone in a Walmart parking lot for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism

chevellemacias's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

aeterna's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

themeanfrench's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

lalalauren20's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

I think this is the feminist book all women should be reading right now. I respect this woman so much. Speaking her truth and carving an outlet for other women to speak their truths too. This book is heavy. I was blé to empathize with this woman and I saw parallels with the objectification of women just normally but emphasized in modeling. This book was a real story from someone who is more than just a body. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

sunflowersarepretty's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

a_love's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

reneeandreea's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.75

Powerful, moving, and a testament to what it means to be a woman in our modern age. Emrata is an artist, through and through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Blood

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

myk_yeah's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I really loved this read and Emily's meditation on what it's like to have the privilege to make it big in an industry that sexualizes and objectifies you, and realize down the road you never truly achieved any power. You just got perks like money and status but that the real power continues to be in the hands of rich men who use that power to continue to do harm.
I also really appreciated the honestly with which she explores the internal conflict of wanting the attention of scary, powerful men, and how we're taught to find validation in that even though it's violent towards us. There's a promise of power and empowerment there if you can be a big girl and tough it out. Emily's not the "perfect victim" and it's important to share stories like that because it's true to life. You shouldn't have to be this "perfect victim" to have the harms done to you acknowledged and addressed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

sarahpvd's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual assault

Moderate: Emotional abuse