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My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

214 reviews

cboll's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

“In my early 20s, it had never occurred to me that the women who gain their power from beauty, we’re indebted to the men whose desire granted them that power in the first place.” I love the bandage and honest that Emily strikes in this book. I appreciated her willingness to explore male validation, commodification, and self-doubt. She’s ultra famous but the story of womanhood is deeply relatable.

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itsyuri's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0

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aeterna's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective

4.0

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montsebens's review

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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jbelang85's review

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emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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meemawreads's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

I'm grateful Emily Ratajkowski explained who she was at the beginning of this book because yer Meemaw lives under a very fetching boulder, nestled beneath a pile of books, mint Lifesavers wrappers, and cat hair. She's a model, actress, and more importantly a feminist and one hell of a writer who came to fame partly through her nearly-nude appearance in the Blurred Lines music video. (I had the misfortune of catering weddings the summer that godawful song was popular, she's the only person who might hate it more than me.)
ANYWAY. I used this for the "I know this shit's gonna piss me off" space on my Bloomin Readathon board because who has more harrowing stories than a MODEL about how women and fem-presenting people are valued, dehumanized, used and discarded based on their bodies? was right. The existential rage this brought out of me... how many times does person after person after person have to write about the often gendered violence of bodies before we're heard?! I never get tired of hearing about it but if you do, skip this one. And check dem trigger warnings, babies. The last chapter is especially powerful because she's directly addressing a powerful man who's been allowed to profit off her nude image (I refuse to look him up for clarity, shitstains aren't worth the thumb strain.) Four rage taters 🥔🥔🥔🥔/🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

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alogna's review

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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machadamia's review

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dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Going into this book, I wasn’t expecting much because, well, as much of a feminist I think I am, she does have a certain image. But I was hoping to see things from her perspective and I’m glad I read this book so I know that she is also struggling in her own way in this world that is so taken by beauty and in the industry that exploits it. I hope she finds peace because the story she painted of her life tells of so much insecurities and pain.

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carlycormier_'s review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

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adriiscarolina's review

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4.0

I went into the book with low expectations and it pretty much confronted me with my own prejudice. Emily uses this book as a means of self exploration, not necessarily to reach a conclusion but to see her life story in a more nuanced way. She presents her own upbringing, and her mother’s notions of beauty as the backbone of her decisions. How she has had to grapple with the assumptions that people make of her for being a model, including the dumb girl narrative (which even I fell for).

Instead, I finished this book with a much more nuanced way of seeing the modeling industry and how it dehumanizes women as they strive to pursue their dreams. Emily does an amazing job at exploring her own relationship with her body, the very thing that sustains her livelihood as a model, yet also the thing that men lust for and profit off of, at times without her consent. It’s a tough read, but a needed one.

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