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My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

220 reviews

octoberburns's review against another edition

reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

Speechless. I’ll let the quotes speak for themselves….

“I want to calculate my beauty to protect myself, to understand exactly how much power and lovability I have.”

“I liked to tell friends that the French word for model is mannequin. “So,” I’d say, shrugging, “I’m a mannequin for a living.”

“As the number on my scale went down, the number on my checks had been going up. The agency had taken notice.”

“In my early twenties, it had never occurred to me that the women who gained their power from beauty were indebted to the men whose desire granted them that power in the first place. Those men were the ones in control, not the women the world fawned over. Facing the reality of dynamics at play would have meant admitting how limited my power really was—how limited any woman’s power is when she survives and even succeeds in the world as a thing to be looked at.”

“The stylist, their assistant, the client or the editor, the other models, and sometimes the photographer will stand right in front of you and wait as you strip. You understand that your body is a means for them to accomplish what they’re here to accomplish: to make an image to sell whatever it is they’re selling. They’re in charge of it now, not you. Now hand it over, they seem to say. Your body is why you’re here and we need it. Now.”

“I look down at my body and it doesn’t  feel like my own. It feels like something, but not me. They can look at me all they want, because they’re right; my body is just a tool.” 

“The world celebrates and rewards women who are chosen by powerful men.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

camnuy's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

this book was a real page turner, but i din’t really saw the « feminism side » of it, except the main topic : the male gaze, which was well described. 
i was a bit disappointed 
however it was very interesting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual harassment

charliebee23's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.5

I appreciate the perspective Ratajkowski offers on her life. I loved her conversational, honest, vulnerable, and witty tone. She hit the nail on the head on how to talk about such difficult topics, and it added so much to her narratives on modeling culture, social media, what it means to be conventionally attractive, the dynamics that creates with powerful men, as well as her thoughtful descriptions of her relationships with other women. Her pieces on the art that's been created of her image were especially powerful, and rightfully upsetting. I wouldn't call this an easy read, but being a woman in the patriarchy isn't easy either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming and Eating disorder

Minor: Death of parent

* I don't know if her mother has died, but she discusses her illness in depth.

alessiareads's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This book is so well written. It gives an in depth look in Emily’s life aswell as the American dream of becoming famous. It also shows how sexualized women are and how they don’t really deal with it. I loved it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Misogyny

inkdrinkers's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

I saw someone say "the girls that get it, get it, and the girls that don't, don't" and that sums up My Body in such a wonderfully round about way. 

When I heard about this book I was interested in it for multiple reasons: Emily Ratajkowski is a well known model and actress, often looked at as a sex symbol and heralded as a dream woman for a lot of men. I remember, distinctly, a frat guy that I knew in college telling me once that  she was the ultimate girl.

What's important about this is that this set of essays is specifically about the author and her experiences in her own body. She clarifies this up front and from the beginning, she's not setting out to comment on anyone else's experiences but her own. Yes, her lifestyle isn't something many people can relate to, but there's a raw, frenetic energy to the way she writes and slices specific moments from her life - just to lay them out on the page for others to consume.

I really enjoyed all the essays in this book. Though raw and unflinching, and sometimes surface level, they were so interesting and intense to read. She doesn't shy away from moments that others might gloss over or omit entirely and I really loved the anger and fierceness in her voice as the essays transformed towards the end to show a stronger, angrier view. 

I will say that this book contains a lot of triggering material. At the heart its about the consent that was often ripped away from Emily as her body was used as an object in various forms and fashions. Assault is discussed openly and without frills, sometimes nauseating to read about how commonplace it became for her to expect that someone would try to take advantage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Sexism

This book details multiple times the author was raped or assaulted. The events are discussed on page in a reflective manner. Some happened as a child and others happened as a young adult. Disordered eating and commentary about bodies is present as the author discusses her experience in the modeling and film industry. Sexism and misogyny towards women are rampant in many instances of the author's past.

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

katreads2022's review against another edition

3.75

It’s actually pretty well-written. She’s obnoxious and vain and patronizing, though. An honest depiction of the moral quandaries of being, like, really hot which can come across as very entitled and self-serving to us plain-looking plebs.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

libraryofbooks's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

annamariemapes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment