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My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

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jesss's review

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5.0

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mari1532's review against another edition

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5.0

I love a good memoir and Ratajkowski delivered in this book. I checked out the audiobook from my local library so I was able to hear her tell her story. The vulnerability that Ratajkowski has while detailing her life and her career as a model is deeply moving and beautifully written. She was also one of the first people to really detail for me what it feels like to be an only child within the context of your parent's marriage. Her discussion of how she navigated familial dynamics while pursuing her own life was something that I really admired.

I also really appreciate the reflections that she had about her career and I think this work really highlights something that we as a culture are now coming to grips with. How women were treated in the press in the early 2000s and how that time set particularly harsh health and beauty standards for women. Obviously, there are still a great many problems in this area, but Ratajkowski's open discussion of the modelling industry and how she struggles with reclaiming her own image when it has been used in hundreds of campaign ads is really inspiring.

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carlycormier_'s review against another edition

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5.0

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leontyna's review against another edition

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3.0

A quite interesting perspective on an industry I know nothing about and a very personal story

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5.0

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themeanfrench's review

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4.75

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sakisreads's review against another edition

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4.5

This one is hard to read, only because it hits where it hurts. Emily Ratajkowski (who I wasn’t even aware of in the midst of the Blurred Lines video) is a woman I’ve never really thought to engage with. I’m not the conventionally pretty person she has in her followings. However, after this book I thought I should definitely delve more into her and her art! 😳

The tie in between womanhood and capitalism gripped me. The way Ratajkowski talks through her experiences, always being pretty with big boobs and starting modelling early, was interesting but unpretentious. Although I could not relate, I could only feel sympathy 🥲

There were many moments where I wanted to write down bits as quotes to look back on, but here are the 2 that sat with me most:

‘I was a young woman who placed her self-worth in the hands of men like you.’

‘No one likes an angry woman. She is the worst kind of villain: a witch, obnoxious and ugly and full of spite and bitterness. Shrill. I do anything to avoid that feeling, anything to stop myself from being that woman. I try to make anything resembling anger seem spunky and charming and sexy.’

The one about angry women made me GASP.

We suffer so, so much as women 🥺

This one gets a 4.5 out of 5 star rating from me. Thank you ❤️

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