A review by geesammy
My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

reflective sad medium-paced

2.25

I was told this was inspiringly self aware, but I feel it was depressingly self indulgent.  Perhaps it’s the difference in generation, in ethnic background or in sense of privilege, but I found many of these stories disturbing in their depiction of a shallow girl with no common sense.  How can someone be so self absorbed and have such little self awareness or self worth?   It’s baffling and sad; I feel like she wrote this to convince herself and the world that she is a “real person” and not just an image, and yet the only thing she seems to value is her image…

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