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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
i listened to the audio version and loved her personal narration of the book.
Many aspects of this book were so unbelievably non relatable. I had to check myself many times feeling perturbed that I was supposed to “feel sorry” for the rich little model. Once I could get passed these biases and see the root of the problems, it really is fascinating to see how women struggle in similar ways regardless of how the issues manifest.
I respect Emily Ratajkowski for trying to take back the narrative surrounding her body after that power had been taken away from her from more powerful men and the tabloids. It is interesting to read about how even the beautiful women who profit in one way or another from being sexually desired by men are still under the control of those same men and seen as little more than objects. Her book also made me think about the relationship we women have with our body as not only something we inhabit but also as something by which we appraised and how that affects the way we see ourselves and others. I did wish that Ratajkowski had acknowledged a bit more the privileges that she has by virtue of being one of the most beautiful women in the world in comparison to those who can't profit from the sexual desire of men.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
I enjoyed this memoir and it offered an inside perspective of how the patriarchy and classism tie into every capacity of life.
“i have grown past shame and fear and into anger. it is ugly, but i am not scared of it. i want more for myself. i will proclaim all of my mistakes and contradictions, for all the women who cannot do so, for all the women we’ve called muses without learning their names, whose silence we mistook for consent. i stood on their shoulders to get here”
love the guiding mission statement of the book. oscillated between the audiobook & physical book, as the author oscillated from robotic retellings and emotional sobbing reading the book aloud. overall it felt disjointed, but i am glad to have read it & happy for her to share her story
love the guiding mission statement of the book. oscillated between the audiobook & physical book, as the author oscillated from robotic retellings and emotional sobbing reading the book aloud. overall it felt disjointed, but i am glad to have read it & happy for her to share her story