Reviews tagging 'Rape'

My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

219 reviews

codecat's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

The fact that anyone is saying this is unrelatable because of her lifestyle is wild to me. These essays were so human and real. 
She discusses autonomy, power dynamics, learning when and how to speak up for ourselves, and whether we are making choices because it’s what we want or because we feel like we have to. These are all nuanced things we learn and absorb growing into ourselves, especially as women. Very impactful. 

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anavae's review

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fast-paced

3.5


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rampaige19's review

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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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chevellemacias's review

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dark reflective medium-paced

4.75


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kajasversion's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

I thought it was a really interesting insight into the modeling industry and all that happens behind closed doors. The overaching story of growth and acceptance fills you with hope and yet you’re hurting for the past version of her who had to go through all that trauma. Beautiful. 

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sestout's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

4.0


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redandread_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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jraspatella's review

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book of essays really resonated with me. I felt myself thinking about past experiences with a more observant lens. To be honest it took me a long time to read this book. I was always interested in its premise, but that niggling of internalized misogyny kept me from pursuing buying my own copy. How could someone as beautiful, who seems to relish in commodifying  their own body have anything to say about the female experience when they’ve benefited so strongly from the patriarchy.  A women’s worth is so often based on commodifying the parts of herself most palatable to the outside world. We are taught at such a young age that people expect women to be polite, interesting, “lady-like”, but just sexy enough to keep a man interested enough to either give them the opportunity to succeed, or marry them. This felt like a mirror. It doesn’t matter what walk of life we come from, how famous, or how pretty we are; we as women are all united in a world built to take from us. 

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estheraleen's review

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emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0


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