Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

8 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

ferdie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

My body explores feminine bodies and how women are dis/connected to them. Emily Ratajkowski writes beautifully and I cannot recommend the audio book enough. Her voice gave an emotional tone that could be missed or weakened in a read through, especially for a subject that is often scholar-ized. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Dysphoria

cwatson1234's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Dysphoria

_charlottegrace's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexism

samarakroeger's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

I felt seen in several ways by this book despite our lives being pretty different.  the guilt and shame ... very relatable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

kiarasng's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

graciejames121's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

missemilyn's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This is a really complicated and difficult series of essays to read. It approaches sensitive and difficult topics head-on in a really beautiful, but tragic way. Emily's writing style is absolutely brilliant and you really understand just how she had to compartmentalize and rationalize her years (and decades) of severe trauma and embarrassment with her body and others' perception of her body. Absolutely genius. If you can read these topics safely, I highly recommend doing so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol