A review by sakisreads
My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

This one is hard to read, only because it hits where it hurts. Emily Ratajkowski (who I wasn’t even aware of in the midst of the Blurred Lines video) is a woman I’ve never really thought to engage with. I’m not the conventionally pretty person she has in her followings. However, after this book I thought I should definitely delve more into her and her art! 😳

The tie in between womanhood and capitalism gripped me. The way Ratajkowski talks through her experiences, always being pretty with big boobs and starting modelling early, was interesting but unpretentious. Although I could not relate, I could only feel sympathy 🥲

There were many moments where I wanted to write down bits as quotes to look back on, but here are the 2 that sat with me most:

‘I was a young woman who placed her self-worth in the hands of men like you.’

‘No one likes an angry woman. She is the worst kind of villain: a witch, obnoxious and ugly and full of spite and bitterness. Shrill. I do anything to avoid that feeling, anything to stop myself from being that woman. I try to make anything resembling anger seem spunky and charming and sexy.’

The one about angry women made me GASP.
We suffer so, so much as women 🥺

This one gets a 4.5 out of 5 star rating from me. Thank you ❤️
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