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 grey area between consent and abuse.
Nuanced, unflinching, and incisive, My Body marks the debut of a fierce writer brimming with courage and intelligence.
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Emily Ratajkowski
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A coruscating, honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity, from the globally recognized model, actress, business owner, and activist Emily Ratajkowski.
Emily Ratajkowski is the archetypal, multi-hyphenate celebrity of our time: she is at once an acclaimed model and actress and an engaged political progressive; a social media phenomenon and a formidable entrepreneur who has uniquely mastered the levers of our attention economy; and now, a writer. Rocketing to world fame at age 21 when she danced almost naked in the controversial music video "Blurred Lines," Ratajkowski sparked praise and furor for defending her appearance as a 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 offer revealing moments from Ratajkowski's life while investigating our culture's fetishization of girls and female beauty, its obsession with and contempt for women's sexuality, the blurred line between consent and abuse, and the perverse dynamics of the fashion and film industries.
Nuanced, unflinching, and incisive, My Body marks the debut of a fierce writer brimming with courage and intelligence.