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My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

53 reviews

citrinuke's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Toxic relationship

radiodarkblue's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.0

I knew Emily Ratajkowski without knowing who she was to be honest, I knew that she was a model and that was kinda of all. Though I was intrigued to read this book after I saw a few reviews and I'm so glad I did it. It was really hard to read sometimes, Emily went through such traumas. I loved how you feel her empowerment through her words. The care and love she uses when she talks about her younger self really moved, you really feel how being independent was her primary goal in life. 
But what I loved the most are the moments when she talks about her body and women, they really impacted me a lot. 
I'm glad this book exists, because even though I don't know anything about the modeling industry I can only guess that this book revels a lot of how fucked up this industry is towards women. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Death, and Drug use

lilaw's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Medical content, Sexism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

krissyyne's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

 "I thought of my mother's belief that spaces hold memories, that walls take on meaning, that homes become a part of us, just as people do. I imagined her, young and strong, in all the rooms she had known. I wondered whether the more I became a woman and the more space I occupied apart from her, the more she would deteriorate." 

Emily Ratajkowski is not someone I knew well before reading this book. I had first heard of her when she chose to raise her (now son, as I understand) as someone with they/them pronouns. It was an interesting thing to hear, especially as she was the first major person I'd heard of doing something like that. Her status as a model, though, was what made me follow her. It's what made me follow Gigi and Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, and a slew of lesser known models whose posts I ate up while simultaneously wondering why I couldn't look like that.

I think her book is fascinating. In a world where models are both rewarded and villainized for their beauty, Emily seeks to explain the enigma behind being famous for her body. From her mother to friends to employers, being "beautiful" - a standard, palpable beautiful - was paramount. It gave Emily rewards in the form of validation and attention from older men and women. But it also came with unchecked pain as that attention devolved into (TW!!!) occurrences of stalking, rape, and sexual assault. It provided people with the ability to write her off, because her looks stereotyped her as dumb and unworldly.

I admire Emily. I admire her courage for writing what she did. It is no easy feat to bare yourself, physically and emotionally, on a public forum for people to encourage or disparage you as they wish. Her book, while maybe not the cleanest writing I've ever read, is brave and provides insight into the possible mindsights of models in a way I've never thought to think about before. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Body shaming, Drug use, and Stalking

celevstial's review

I think the issues discussed here are so important, and Emily Ratajkowski is fantastic at describing her experiences and ideas, but it's a bit too heavy for my current mental state to handle and I'd prefer to pick up something more easygoing. I'm definitely planning on returning in the future, though.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, and Grief

hesterclark's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

opossumom's review

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

i love the conversations had about beauty as currency, capitalism, and empowerment, but i felt like the talks about money were insincere and unselfaware. I'm not sure i can stand to hear about the struggles of a suburban, middle-class upbringing without rolling my eyes. other than that, this book was very insightful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Terminal illness

ymorii's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

leduyhxxng's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

3.0

My body is a valiant effort towards loving by Emily Ratajkowski—loving her body, and by such means opening more constructive dialogues with her self.

In the twelve very personal essays, we can begin to see Emily's stories and the power dynamics that shape modelling. Yet her writing feels rather erratic, sparse in some places and rushed in others, failing at times to connect the thematic thread that Emily herself set out. This is most unfortunate because there are unquestioningly a lot of details and images—beautifully brought out in the essay collection—that feel particularly powerful in the context of her story, but were never adequately explored.

I admire Emily's effort to love through the writing of My Body. My two favourite essays are 'Pamela' and 'Releases'. They were brilliantly written (especially 'Releases,' the final essay of the book), and feel vulnerable and honest. Other essays either feel like the honesty is somehow choking her, the writing indelicate and forced thus choking us as readers, or throwing suppressed anger at other people (which makes it quite awkward to read). But the vulnerability makes you stay, and love Emily Ratajkowski even more for taking the step.

I was fairly let down by both the writing and storytelling of the book. Then again, I greatly admire the effort to find love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Blood, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

bookswithmybulldog's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Eye opening, shocking, emotional, heart breaking. Really really loved this. Very important read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use and Eating disorder