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ferdie's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Body shaming
lalalauren20's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Rape, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming
helenamichelle's review
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault
doodeedoda's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Pregnancy
Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Cursing, and Fatphobia
nicolecier's review
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Sexism
nebraskanwriter's review against another edition
3.0
“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.”
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship
hannakutlu's review
2.5
Moderate: Rape, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
dhutton1997's review
4.0
This was a fantastic book that delved into what a woman’s body and mind is worth without the opportunities brought to them through a patriarchal society.
My only critique of this book is that Ratajkowski seemed to liken herself as “not rich” like the billionaires she meets. However, she does have a lot of money and will be able to live comfortably if she chooses to do so. I wish she would have acknowledged that aspect of her privilege.
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Medical content
amelianotthepilot's review
4.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual violence
penguiniq's review
4.5
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Gaslighting
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Toxic friendship