My Body
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About This Book
A deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity. Emily Ratajkowski is an acclaimed model and actress, an engaged political progressive, a formidable entrepreneur, a global social media phenomenon, and now, a writer. Rocketing to world fame at age twenty-one, Ratajkowski sparked both praise and furor with the provocative display of her body as an unapologetic statement of feminist empowerment. The subsequent evolution in her thinking about our culture's commodification of women is the subject of this book. My Body is a profoundly personal exploration of feminism, sexuality, and power, of men's treatment of women and women's rationalizations for accepting that treatment. These essays chronicle moments from Ratajkowski's life while investigating the culture's fetishization of girls and female beauty, its obsession with and contempt for women's sexuality, the perverse dynamics of the fashion and film industries, and the gray area between consent and abuse. Nuanced, fierce, and incisive, My Body marks the debut of a writer brimming with courage and intelligence.
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"Throughout her writing has a sweetness and even an innocence."
"Ratajkowski seldom seems to consider these women.) ..."
"Her prose is direct, almost journalistic."
"The charm of this book lies in the author's largely relatable writing, which shows the complex emotions and confusion of a young woman experiencing her sexual development and maturation into a capable adult ..."
"At times the reader is a popcorn-eating audience; at other times her therapist ..."
"Enriched by Ratajkowski's insider perspective on the modeling industry and her willingness to wrestle with the power of the male gaze rather than outright rejecting it, this is an astute and rewarding mix of the personal and the political."
"'Buying Myself Back'...is the strongest of the 11 collected here, which are serious, personal, repetitive and myopic ..."
"My Body is more of a non-linear memoir than a compendium of essays – though Ratajkowski's musings are nominally organised into discrete sections, they seem to bleed into a more general autobiographical jumble ..."
"What do you do when the subject you know best, the topic upon which you are the ultimate authority, is the same trap you're trying to write your way out of?"
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