My Body

By: Emily Ratajkowski

Narrated by: Emily Ratajkowski

Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

A deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity from Emily Ratajkowski, the archetypal, multi-hyphenate celebrity of our time.

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 21, 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 audiobook.

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 grey area between consent and abuse.

Nuanced, unflinching and incisive, My Body marks the debut of a fierce writer brimming with courage and intelligence.

©2021 Emily Ratajkowski (P)2021 Macmillan Audio

A piece of art.

Thank you for this amazing book.
I enjoyed every minute, I'm going to listen to it again.

Interesting Angle for a Celebrity Memoire

I watched Emily over a few days of heavy promotion on the late night TV show circuit and Fashion channels, and also read an excerpt on The Guardian before I ordered this on here. I find the themes quite relevant for me as a woman and also saw this an interesting way of writing a memoire for a celebrity. The publishers and Emily smartly combined relevant gender issues/politics, the exposé and celebrity memoire to capture the zeitgeist. Indeed, it is already a best seller.

There are some juicy details regarding famous models and billionaires. However, I like that it 'appears' to be so honest, which makes Emily's story resonant with so many women including myself. It made me feel not alone and that life is complex and not like what the media or marketing or your parents like you to believe how binary life is.

I must note that Emily's reading or performance is sometimes not easy to listen to because she mumbles and can be monotone. Perhaps it is better to read it as a book.

Her raw honesty

And sharing her life and what it feels like to be a woman when our physical appearance feels valued above all else, and how to deal with that