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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Emily Ratajkowski har skrevet en fin bog om sine oplevelser med seksuelle overgreb, magtbalancen i modebranchen og ejerskabet (eller mangel på samme) af egen krop (og billeder af den). Og jeg kunne rigtig godt lide bogen, hun skriver virkelig godt, og jeg elskede især sidste kapitel om hendes krop som gravid/kommende mor.
Men jeg syntes alligevel der manglede noget. Vi hører meget om hendes egen oplevelse med sin krop, og hendes krop som seksuelt objekt. Men der bliver ikke reflekteret over, hvordan hendes krop også for mange er et ideal. Jeg savnede hendes tanker om hvad modebranchen - som hun er en del af, om hun vil det eller ej - gør ved (især unge) kvinders kropsbillede og selvværd.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This was, unfortunately, just as tough of a listen as I expected. Emily’s narration is rich with emotion, and you can hear the rawness in her voice as she recounts her experiences. The entitlement to a woman’s body beyond what she chooses to share is infuriating and heartbreaking. I cried with her. It hurts to know we still live in a world where men feel this level of entitlement over women. There were moments when I thought she might be unrelatable, but she shared her insecurities and reflections in a way that made her feel incredibly human. What might seem at first like a collection of personal essays is, at its core, a feminist manifesto. It’s powerful, painful, and inspiring, and I’m glad she chose to share it.
should have read this sooner
some of my faves were: My Sun, Son and K-Spa
some of my faves were: My Sun, Son and K-Spa
I took a little detour from the fluffy reading I’ve been doing lately for this book. I’m grateful I picked this one up because I think it was important for me to read this and sit with it. I’d also be lying if I said I wasn’t feeling pretty raw right now.
You can take this book at face value and see a bunch of essays written about the sometimes glitzy, sometimes not-so-glamorous world of show business and modeling. About what it’s like to live a life where your body is your livelihood. Where your appearance happens to conform to the societal standard of beauty and the benefits that it gains you. Looking at reviews on Goodreads, I know there are people out there who have interpreted the book as such. They say this book is written by a beautiful woman who is whining about the struggles of being physically attractive. I feel sorry for the folks that picked up this book and thought that’s what this series of essays was about.
This book is about the ways that commodification of a woman’s body has changed the way our society sees that body, feels ownership over that body, and treats the woman who lives inside that body. This book is about bodily autonomy. It’s about the lack thereof, for some people. It’s about having experiences where your body doesn’t feel like it’s wholly yours. It’s about how those experiences shape (read: distort) the way we think about ourselves and the world we live in. It’s a book about you, me, our friends, our sisters, and our mothers. It’s honest and heartbreaking. I don’t think I’ll soon forget how reading Emily’s essays made me feel.
It was also probably not my best choice to read this book in the current political climate, considering the fire women’s bodies are under. But, hey. That’s every day and not just today, after all. Cheers!
You can take this book at face value and see a bunch of essays written about the sometimes glitzy, sometimes not-so-glamorous world of show business and modeling. About what it’s like to live a life where your body is your livelihood. Where your appearance happens to conform to the societal standard of beauty and the benefits that it gains you. Looking at reviews on Goodreads, I know there are people out there who have interpreted the book as such. They say this book is written by a beautiful woman who is whining about the struggles of being physically attractive. I feel sorry for the folks that picked up this book and thought that’s what this series of essays was about.
This book is about the ways that commodification of a woman’s body has changed the way our society sees that body, feels ownership over that body, and treats the woman who lives inside that body. This book is about bodily autonomy. It’s about the lack thereof, for some people. It’s about having experiences where your body doesn’t feel like it’s wholly yours. It’s about how those experiences shape (read: distort) the way we think about ourselves and the world we live in. It’s a book about you, me, our friends, our sisters, and our mothers. It’s honest and heartbreaking. I don’t think I’ll soon forget how reading Emily’s essays made me feel.
It was also probably not my best choice to read this book in the current political climate, considering the fire women’s bodies are under. But, hey. That’s every day and not just today, after all. Cheers!