Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

137 reviews

_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

gteng's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

3.25

Overall, a book that makes you reflect upon the way our society treats women in entertainment industries like modelling and acting. I think where the book fell a little flat for me is that at times Emily doesn't seem to recognize or reflect on the privilege that she has. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

chrissisbookclub's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Terminal illness and Toxic relationship

ablais2248's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

kennedybullen's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

alryals2010's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

hannaheliz's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

ntvenessa's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

2.5

Fascinating and incisive, but doesn't push quite far enough. Ratajkowski distills so well what it means to capitalise off your image by leveraging the male gaze. There are power dynamics and tension underlying her relationship with her own body as a result of selling her image in a landscape where beauty is defined by a white, cis-hetero patriarchy. This collection of essays is deeply personal and generous, although the temporal context is sometimes confusing to follow. There does some to be a deliberate shying away from what her work means to other women, especially young girls, who are subject to the beauty standards she reinforces. This shortsightedness is laid in stark contrast with the tenacity and heart found unmistakably in the rest of her essays, particularly in her evolving relationship with her body in the context of feminism and empowerment. I really enjoyed the tender and wise reflections on her youth and how mixed messaging around her body impacted how she saw herself. However, it seems a shame not to explore further how she herself is complicit in upholding the beauty standards that have both trapped her and lent her power (although as she writes, it is only power as bestowed on her by men and not true empowerment). I suppose when you are still capitalising off the very same system, it pays to flirt around these broader notions and keep the narrative tightly focused on the matter at hand -- and she does it well. I'd be keen to see a memoir after she leaves the industry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.0

autobiography of a famous female model. She discusses her relationship to her body and how society and modeling have shaped it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment