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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Emily is an amazing writer, and I was really into the beginning of the book—it hooked me right away. But as I kept reading, I started to lose interest. I just didn’t really connect with the story, and it felt like nothing really got wrapped up in the end. It might just not have been the right fit for me, but I can still see how talented Emily is.
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault
Moderate: Eating disorder
This was a really interesting book, and I enjoyed the fact that she does not claim to be perfect now, just working it out. Especially for her son
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
this book made me a better feminist and so for that it gets 5 of these bad boy’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. books should make u a better person, and when i started reading this i dismissed it as an ottessa moshfegh-esque delusion by a privileged women who was the epitome of What Men Want. let me guess, she’s going to tell me how hard she has it? well,,, she did, and boy was it good. i had never considered she had no ownership over her own body. she was from a low income family such as myself, and saw a system she could hustle. she comes out of it with a lot of issues, some of which i don’t even think she realises — ocd definitely, and a lot of disassociation problems. but she’s like me, refuses to acknowledge them and just gets on with it. i identify with so much of her, i feel like we’re best friends. i feel so much empathy for her, I’m so happy she finds healing at the end and i root for her. i think it was so interesting how i went into it judging her because of my internalised misogyny. here’s to making friends with the pretty women you were taught to hate, we’re all in this together. And on this day of all days this is such an important fucking read. let women own their fucking bodies for the love of god. ❤️
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
dark
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
It’s hard to put the way this book made me feel into words. Emily Ratajkowski writes about pain, beauty, and the modeling industry with such resilience, yet so much hurt. These essays are nothing short of phenomenal, reaching in and telling all women that they are not alone.
I've heard good things about this book, but I had my doubts. Turns out it was actually pretty decent. Emily's writing is tender and captivating! These essays were very easy to read.
I devoured them in one day!
She writes about her own reflections after becoming a successful model, and the impacts of it all, from early age on, to now. About empowerment, objectification and the power dynamics between men & women. +++
There are some contradictions, but this is ultimately Emily's own experiences, which in the end, aren't black & white.
I hope she will continue writing
I devoured them in one day!
She writes about her own reflections after becoming a successful model, and the impacts of it all, from early age on, to now. About empowerment, objectification and the power dynamics between men & women. +++
There are some contradictions, but this is ultimately Emily's own experiences, which in the end, aren't black & white.
I hope she will continue writing