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My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

392 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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claire_riach's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

3.5

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emargz's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

finished in less than 4 hours, easy to read despite so heavy. well written.

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anavae's review against another edition

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fast-paced

3.5

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rampaige19's review against another edition

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dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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shaeilidh's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book was a very sudden and random pickup, but as soon as I read the first few pages I was hooked.

Stories about one woman's experience with her body made me feel so many things. A lot of anger for her, sympathy as I related to her.

I loved it and would v highly recommend.

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diazzzz's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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emmysnook's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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abcace's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

4.5 out of 5 stars

Overall, I'm deeply impressed by this book. I didn't know who Emily Ratajkowski was when I got it and after reading the reviews I was worried I made a mistake. I didn't. Her mastery of prose is impressive, as is her ability to distill highly specific experiences into universal concepts that I believe most people assigned female at birth (and probably some AMAB people too) can connect with. We've all had a moment where we're compared to those around us and, even when we're not found wanting, the comparison is still painful and hard to manage. We've all had moments where we need to take our appearance and our outfits into account to make sure that we'll be taken seriously. We've all had a moment where someone important to our future says something awful and we can't call them out. Sure, there's a lot of highly specific detail that may seem trite and moments where she seems shallow; she's writing about her past as a model and she is human, after all. That doesn't take away from how far she's grown and how much of her teenage world view she's deconstructed.

Thank you to Emily Ratajkowski and Henry Holt and Co for the copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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ptolemaea's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad

4.0

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