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claudiaceciliaaaa 's review for:
My Body
by Emily Ratajkowski
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.