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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
Beautifully written and a fascinating insight into the power and challenges of living in the body of a beautiful woman.
challenging
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medium-paced
challenging
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informative
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This was incredibly compelling as, admittedly, someone who grew up thinking poorly of Emily Ratajkowski based solely on her body and my perspective of women using their bodies within a patriarchal system (hi internalised misogyny).
Of course, the unending question always comes up about doing what you can to survive in such a messed up system vs doing what can to dismantle the system - but I can’t pretend to have the answer for that anyway.
This essay was so brilliantly written and composed. It is tragic and beautiful and insightful. Emily Ratajkowski is a marvellous writer, particularly given the deeply personal content of this book. I am grateful for her openness and self-reflection.
Of course, the unending question always comes up about doing what you can to survive in such a messed up system vs doing what can to dismantle the system - but I can’t pretend to have the answer for that anyway.
This essay was so brilliantly written and composed. It is tragic and beautiful and insightful. Emily Ratajkowski is a marvellous writer, particularly given the deeply personal content of this book. I am grateful for her openness and self-reflection.
4.5/5 - emily possesses such a skill for writing, her essays reading as accessible yet entirely captivating as she shares the progression of her ideas surrounding body politics through raw insights and personal anecdotes.
The message was interesting to read. She articulated her hard experiences and feeling well, the constant push and pull for power and control over body imagery with guilt and shame hit close to home. I hate the way people criticize her because of her looks, to think she cannot know what it feels like to dislike herself just because she's pretty. Anyways, good read!
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
the singular way that this book captures a common feeling that every woman has experienced - without the context of modelling - is deserving of praise in and of itself.
but the way that ratajkowski discusses the reification and commodification of her body with such reverent prose is astounding. her discussion of body politics is moving, thought-provoking and all encompassing, all at once.
i regret not reading it sooner. i regret the misconceptions i had prior to reading. i could not put it down
but the way that ratajkowski discusses the reification and commodification of her body with such reverent prose is astounding. her discussion of body politics is moving, thought-provoking and all encompassing, all at once.
i regret not reading it sooner. i regret the misconceptions i had prior to reading. i could not put it down
fast-paced
reflective