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My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

52 reviews

caroisreading's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I wasn't sure what to expect when I decided to read Emily Ratajkowski's memoir. I know her as Emrata, a very surface-level idea of her persona. She wrote from this perspective, and deeply reflects from this perspective -- I'm known as the sexy model who has collected a following, but is my influence truly power if defined by capitalism, defined by men?

My heart broke over and over with every sexual assault, every moment stolen by older men. She writes beautifully and simply about her body as something she's detached from. She's commoditized the male gaze, its own form of power, but even that is taken away from her. The traumatic detail she has to share is needed, in a world that doesn't want to listen to her more than look. 

This was hard material to read through, though I'm glad I did, to see more reality, and less posturing that's fed to us through celebrity. Emily is a survivor, and I appreciate her words and reflection. Looking forward to reading more from her!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Drug use, Cancer, Sexual content, Rape, Body shaming, and Misogyny

anavae's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

anocturne's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide and Drug abuse

sestout's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Body shaming, and Drug use

Minor: Fatphobia, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Adult/minor relationship

montsebens's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Bullying, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Drug use

Minor: Vomit

candournat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

rendireads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use

themeanfrench's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

olivialambert97's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

 Rounding up from 3.5 - thanks to Sarah Koppelkam for including this quote in her review because well over a year after she also listened to Ratajkowski read this memoir to her on audiobook, as I did yesterday, I found it helpful in deciphering my thoughts after its finish: Sophie Gilbert in her review in the Atlantic writes, "Ratajkowski doesn’t say much in the book about how women and girls might respond to images of her. That myopia is frustrating, because she’s so astute on the subject of how her body is interpreted by men."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, and Panic attacks/disorders

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 harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

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