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My body

Call Number

  • 305.42 R232 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2021.

Physical Description

237 pages ; 20 cm

Uniform Title

Essays. Selections

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 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."--Provided by publisher.

Contents

  • Beauty lessons
  • Blurred lines
  • My son, sun
  • Toxic
  • Bc hello Halle Berry
  • K-spa
  • Woozies
  • Transactions
  • Buying myself back
  • Pamela
  • Men like you
  • Releases.