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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
DNF at 116
I feel like I wanted more of a feminist read about the way women’s bodies are perceived and this book was not that. Just musings by a model about her body being what makes her rich, which just doesn’t feel all that interesting or compelling to me. I’d rather go start a new book.
Three stars because I liked the Blurred Lines essay and there’s a lot of unnecessarily mean reviews of this book
I feel like I wanted more of a feminist read about the way women’s bodies are perceived and this book was not that. Just musings by a model about her body being what makes her rich, which just doesn’t feel all that interesting or compelling to me. I’d rather go start a new book.
Three stars because I liked the Blurred Lines essay and there’s a lot of unnecessarily mean reviews of this book
informative
reflective
slow-paced
This book has moved me as a woman, I don't think we have to relate to everything to appreciate an essay, but when something resonates with you, it's like a different type of experience. With this book, I felt myself transported into the moving life of a woman who desperately tries to survive and get herself back in a world that simply doesn't let her. Without giving up everything to the ones who would find themselves reading this book, I think it's a must-read because it deals with profound subjects such as patriarchy, the sordid rules when it comes to owning its image or not, teenage years and the complex steps about the woman's experience.
Emily Ratajkowski has a way with words that left me speechless more than a few times.
The chapter that moved me the most are: "men like you" and "releases".
Emily Ratajkowski has a way with words that left me speechless more than a few times.
The chapter that moved me the most are: "men like you" and "releases".
This book was a really really hard listen and I cried a lot but it was also incredible. Not for everyone but definitely for me.
Amazing. Truly beautiful. Thought provoking. Intelligent. Poetic. I loved every second of it and couldn’t put it down. Read quickly. Just read it!
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I guess what I liked the most about this book was how much I felt seen. How much her narration captures the woman experience. How your body immediately doesn’t feel yours as early as your early years of life. How fast in your growing years you understand the desire of men, and how to feel uncomfortable by it and how to manipulate it in your own way. Emily made money of her body, but Emily has also felt pain because of her body. I feel like we can all feel that way at times. No, her experience is not the same as every woman. But I felt like her narration was like a good friend telling me her life stories of what she’s had to go through as a woman in the modeling industry. Her narration made me feel close to her mind. I loved Emily sharing her thoughts with us. I think a woman sharing some of her most vulnerable moments is empowering. A woman sharing her experiences with her body is important because all women have our own bodies, our own “My Body” experience.
P.S. I dont usually read reviews but I loved this book enough to do it. There were some comments on how she didnt elaborate on subjects like “the female gaze”, “white supremacy”, “capitalism”,….
I just think its not every authors responsibility to do that or explicitly talk about it. Also, read in between the lines - it’s all there. The way she wanted to make money, the way the patriarchy had her in a chokehold at the beginning of her career trying to please men, the way men asked about her ethnicity, ext… all of her stories included those in the background. In fact, I would go as far as to say they were there in the premise and the whole point she brought them out. Emily spoke about her experiences - its not her job to go crazy on analyzing them. She shared with us what she wanted, and I’m happy to get a sliver of her thoughts.
P.S. I dont usually read reviews but I loved this book enough to do it. There were some comments on how she didnt elaborate on subjects like “the female gaze”, “white supremacy”, “capitalism”,….
I just think its not every authors responsibility to do that or explicitly talk about it. Also, read in between the lines - it’s all there. The way she wanted to make money, the way the patriarchy had her in a chokehold at the beginning of her career trying to please men, the way men asked about her ethnicity, ext… all of her stories included those in the background. In fact, I would go as far as to say they were there in the premise and the whole point she brought them out. Emily spoke about her experiences - its not her job to go crazy on analyzing them. She shared with us what she wanted, and I’m happy to get a sliver of her thoughts.
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced