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My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

22 reviews

kennbass's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0


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nutfreenerd's review

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0


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christinereichard's review

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

It’s obviously not relatable for the average woman, so don't expect it to be. However, her celebrity/model status does not eliminate the complex relationship women have with their bodies. My Body is a nice perspective on modern feminism’s obsession with “empowerment.” My main takeaway: What is empowerment — Feeling sexy & wanted, or actually being put in a position of power? We often confuse it for the former.
 
It’s clear that the people who DNFed this book...well, DNFed it. I see many people saying that her stories are silly because she actively chooses to model and profit off of her body. I'd argue that though the stories follow her own life experiences, the discussion topics are bigger than her as an individual. Even if she chose not to model, these thinking points are still applicable to the modeling industry that ultimately trickles down to our daily media consumption. 
 
The best essay by far was "Buying Back My Body." The others were interesting, but didn't wow me the same. The first two or three essays can put you off the book because she does talk about her youth as a naturally beautiful girl -- Kinda annoying, but like I said above, you have to go in with the expectation of her being unrelatable. 

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nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

Speechless. I’ll let the quotes speak for themselves….

“I want to calculate my beauty to protect myself, to understand exactly how much power and lovability I have.”

“I liked to tell friends that the French word for model is mannequin. “So,” I’d say, shrugging, “I’m a mannequin for a living.”

“As the number on my scale went down, the number on my checks had been going up. The agency had taken notice.”

“In my early twenties, it had never occurred to me that the women who gained their power from beauty were indebted to the men whose desire granted them that power in the first place. Those men were the ones in control, not the women the world fawned over. Facing the reality of dynamics at play would have meant admitting how limited my power really was—how limited any woman’s power is when she survives and even succeeds in the world as a thing to be looked at.”

“The stylist, their assistant, the client or the editor, the other models, and sometimes the photographer will stand right in front of you and wait as you strip. You understand that your body is a means for them to accomplish what they’re here to accomplish: to make an image to sell whatever it is they’re selling. They’re in charge of it now, not you. Now hand it over, they seem to say. Your body is why you’re here and we need it. Now.”

“I look down at my body and it doesn’t  feel like my own. It feels like something, but not me. They can look at me all they want, because they’re right; my body is just a tool.” 

“The world celebrates and rewards women who are chosen by powerful men.” 

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pabi's review

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emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0


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gteng's review

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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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amelianotthepilot's review

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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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anger566's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Beautifully written, extremely poignant, and super relatable as someone in their 20s. I really enjoyed it overall, definitely one of the best books I’ve read this year.

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penguiniq's review

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challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5


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ellisbell's review

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emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25


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