Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

108 reviews

dhutton1997's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Read TW before reading this book. 
This was a fantastic book that delved into what a woman’s body and mind is worth without the opportunities brought to them through a patriarchal society. 

My only critique of this book is that Ratajkowski seemed to liken herself as “not rich” like the billionaires she meets. However, she does have a lot of money and will be able to live comfortably if she chooses to do so. I wish she would have acknowledged that aspect of her privilege. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Medical content

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide, Rape, Misogyny, Drug use, and Cancer

mrettaxe's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexism, and Body shaming

penguiniq's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

marinapovoa's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

A experiência de ouvir o audiobook, com a Emily narrando, foi maravilhosa. A parte final do capítulo “Buying myself back”, ela com a voz embargada, lendo “She will continue to carve out control where she can find it.” me quebrou um pouco. 
Mesmo sendo modelo, bonita, famosa e rica, ela mostra como não está imune ao machismo e misoginia dos homens e da sociedade. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexism

soniafriemel's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

important and enthralling, this book should be required reading. emily ratajkowsi’s essays are beautiful and honest, heartwarming and heartbreaking. she effectively captures the spirit of what it means to be a woman, and what it means to be famous for your body. this book shed a new light on lives of women, and revealed truths that need to be heard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Moderate: Eating disorder

king_feds's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcohol

samarakroeger's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

I felt seen in several ways by this book despite our lives being pretty different.  the guilt and shame ... very relatable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Misogyny, Addiction, Cancer, and Medical trauma

julesandjude's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Very well-written essays, vivid, captivating and nuanced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexism

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

I've been living under a rock for years and did not know who Emily Ratajkowski was before I started seeing this book pop up in the TBRs and wrap ups of booktubers I watch. I went into this hearing her be described as the "Blurred Lines" girl and walked out of the book knowing she is so much more. Ratajkowski writes so vulnerably about her experiences working in the modeling industry, how her body has been bought and sold - most of the time without her consent, how she marvels at the wonderful things her body can do to her (i.e. the birth of her son), and how it can make people think they know all about who she is based on what she looks like. 

I think this memoir does a beautiful job of stomping on the narrative that no matter what a woman looks like, it doesn't give them more power. Ratajkowski cites a quote by Halle Berry: "My looks have spared me no hardship." She's RIGHT. Your looks do not protect you from abuse at the hands of men and patriarchal norms in society. It's so insidious to go around believing that beautiful women don't have problems simply because they are beautiful. 

Anyway - that was a tangent, back to what I thought...

There were sections listening to this audiobook where I flat out cried, especially when at times, Ratajkowski herself, narrating the book, would get choked up herself. I wanted to hug this woman every time that happened. It felt extremely intimate to listen to her read her own words.

Additionally, Emily Ratajkowski's writing is beautiful. The pictures she paints with her words are both lovely and grotesque, they can be joyful or heartbreaking, but they are consistently vivid. I will definitely be adding anything else she writes to my TBR. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Misogyny, Rape, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death and Eating disorder