Emily Ratajkowski. (2021). My Body. Henry Holt and Co.

Emily Ratajkowski. 2021. My Body. Henry Holt and Co.

Emily Ratajkowski, My Body. Henry Holt and Co, 2021.

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   • bioText: Emily Ratajkowski is a model, actress, activist, entrepreneur, and writer. She has starred in David Fincher's Gone Girl, among other films. Ratajkowski has also appeared on the covers of multiple magazines and walked the runway for numerous high fashion brands. Her 2020 essay for New York magazine, "Buying Myself Back," garnered over one million views within twenty-four hours, was hailed as a landmark, and was the magazine's most-read piece of the year. My Body is her first book.
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"My Body offers a lucid examination of the mirrors in which its author has seen herself, and her indoctrination into the cult of beauty as defined by powerful men. In its more transcendent passages . . . the author steps beyond the reach of any 'Pygmalion' and becomes a more dangerous kind of beautiful. She becomes a kind of god in her own right: an artist."
—Melissa Febos, The New York Times Book Review

A "MOST ANTICIPATED" AND "BEST OF FALL 2021" BOOK FOR * VOGUE * TIME * ESQUIRE * PEOPLE * USA TODAY * CHICAGO TRIBUNE * LOS ANGELES TIMES * SHONDALAND * ALMA * THRILLEST * NYLON * FORTUNE

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 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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   • source: Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
   • content: "These powerful essays mark a blazing, unexpected literary debut. Emily Ratajkowski interrogates beauty, sex, power, objectification, fame, and betrayal, by both self and others, with lucidity and scorched-earth honesty. I read these pages, breathless with recognition and the thrill of reading a new voice telling it like it is."
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   • source: Stephanie Danler, author of Sweetbitter
   • content: "Forget what you know about Emily Ratajkowski. In My Body, she investigates the double bind of sexuality and power with a skillful eye for nuance and a noteworthy fearlessness. These essays don't cut corners--we are all implicated in this web of misogyny and objectification, even Ratajkowski herself. For all the ways in which Ratajkowski's life is extraordinary, or the way in which these stories will shock readers, My Body thrives on moments when her experience as a woman--with its triumphs and missteps--is resoundingly universal."
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   • source: Amy Schumer, author of The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
   • content: "Emily Ratajkowski's first essay collection needs to be read by everyone. She explores body politics--and the politics of her body--through a uniquely feminist lens in stories that are both page turning and moving as hell."
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     Starred review from September 13, 2021
     Model and actress Ratajkowski debuts with an intimate and accomplished essay collection that tackles big questions about internalized misogyny, the male gaze, female empowerment, and the commodification of sexuality. She describes her “defensiveness and defiance” when questioned whether dancing naked in the 2013 music video for Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” was “anti-feminist,” and admits that her viewpoint on being a “so-called sex symbol” has changed in the ensuing years. Ratajkowski calls out men who have simultaneously taken advantage of and dismissed her, including Thicke, who grabbed her breasts without permission during the filming of the music video, and photographer Jonathan Leder, whom she accuses of sexually violating her during a photo shoot and then releasing a book of explicit images without her approval. Throughout, Ratajkowski reflects on her craving for men’s validation “even when it came wrapped in disrespect,” and examines the limits of succeeding “as a thing to be looked at.” She also recounts an early sexual experience that she later realized qualified as stalking and rape, and documents her struggles to deal with her mother’s serious health problems. 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.

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     October 1, 2021
     The international model embarks on a nuanced investigation of her body and identity. Ratajkowski's exploration of fame, self-identity, and what it means to be a "beautiful" woman is surprisingly engaging. Originally thrust into the spotlight in 2013 due to her scantily clad appearance in the music video for Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines," the author eventually became known for her stances about beauty and sexuality and how they are commodified. Now that she is a wife and mother, she writes, "I feel a tenderness toward my younger self. My defensiveness and defiance are palpable to me now. What I wrote and preached then reflected what I believed at the time, but it missed a much more complicated picture. In many ways, I have been undeniably rewarded by capitalizing on my sexuality....But in other, less overt ways, I've felt objectified and limited by my position in the world as a so-called sex symbol." This short book includes the juicy tidbits that avid celebrity-memoir readers seek, and the author shares how she really felt about the video shoot and how the aftermath affected her. Beyond that, the book is a reflective coming-of-age-in-the-industry tale, a story that is never maudlin but contains a few thick, murky sections. Ratajkowski attempts to break down the construction of her identity and sexuality in relation to the ever present male gaze as well as her relationships with the women in her life. 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. Admitting that the "purpose of the book is not to arrive at answers, but honestly to explore ideas I can't help but return to," Ratajkowski grapples directly with a host of thorny issues. A refreshingly candid, fearless look into a model's body of work and its impact on her identity and politics.

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     October 15, 2021
     Ratajkowski was launched into stratospheric viral fame when she appeared dancing nearly nude in Robin Thicke's 2013 music video for "Blurred Lines." Since then, she has made an astounding fortune modeling and acting and has learned a thing or two about how her body operates in the world. In this memoir, she shares her experiences existing inside said body: her comfort with nudity, the times she dissociates from her body, and how people have treated, exploited, and cared for her body in the past. The book provides a glimpse into the world of contemporary modeling: the inappropriate behavior of photographers, the obscene wealth, and the oftentimes hollow experience of being merely the muse instead of the artist. One particularly interesting factoid readers will glean is that the "Blurred Lines" music video set was run by a majority of female creators. Having recently given birth, Ratajkowski shares that story here, too, and throughout her writing has a sweetness and even an innocence. Ratajkowski leaves readers sure that she remains in awe of her body and excited about all that the future holds. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Ratajkowski's memoir is both personal and universal, and so great is her celebrity, a huge print run is planned.

     COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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     December 3, 2021
     

     In 2020, model/actress Ratajkowski published an essay in The Cut about buying herself back--and this collection is her continued effort to demonstrate her ownership of her body--a process that, for a woman made in and of tabloid culture, comes at great personal and political cost. Her story highlights the experiences of people whose bodies are perceived as female, in patriarchal structures: groping, harassment, objectification. In this debut, she shares her thoughts on pop culture and her place within it. In doing so, she discusses womanhood and motherhood--stepping out of her mother's shadow and attempt to discover the true version of herself. With candor, Ratajkowski also delves into her life as a model, and what it says about her that she makes a living off of her appearance--and beauty. For the author, this is a struggle she attempts to reconcile throughout, coming to no easy answers. Her writing is in the form of essays and occasional letters directed to people who were significant in her life at one point in time. VERDICT Ratajkowski does more than deliver an indictment against celebrity culture: she provides a vocabulary that anyone can access in order to identify and articulate their experiences of sexism --Emily Bowles, Lawrence Univ., WI

     Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"My Body offers a lucid examination of the mirrors in which its author has seen herself, and her indoctrination into the cult of beauty as defined by powerful men. In its more transcendent passages . . . the author steps beyond the reach of any 'Pygmalion' and becomes a more dangerous kind of beautiful. She becomes a kind of god in her own right: an artist."
—Melissa Febos, The New York Times Book Review

A "MOST ANTICIPATED" AND "BEST OF FALL 2021" BOOK FOR * VOGUE * TIME * ESQUIRE * PEOPLE * USA TODAY * CHICAGO TRIBUNE * LOS ANGELES TIMES * SHONDALAND * ALMA * THRILLEST * NYLON * FORTUNE

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...

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