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My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

5 reviews

reneeandreea's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.75

Powerful, moving, and a testament to what it means to be a woman in our modern age. Emrata is an artist, through and through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Blood, Death, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Medical content, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Drug use

sammantha's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, Mental illness, Death, Animal death, Stalking, Eating disorder, Cancer, Medical content, Body shaming, and Blood

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

sderrig's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Medical content, and Body shaming

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