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emrata's book recs (that I LOVED)
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items Essential surviving-your-20s reading list for you! These books cover the topic of body image in different ways, but they've all helped me get out of my body dysmorphia episodes. Motherhood, vanity, beauty, sexuality and femininity - all of them inter...
An incredible read, full of valid arguments that will make you delve deeper into our relationship to contemporary culture, art, objectification, social media and more. It's based on the homonymous BBC television series, that you can also check out if...
"Ways of Seeing" by John Berger
I love this short story collection. The writing is paced in an interesting way, the themes are everpresent and relevant (for any woman anyways), the imagery strong and distinct. I will be coming back to this collection for sure.
"Her Body and Other Parties" by Carmen Maria Machado
A large collection of short stories that I loved, loved, loved! Her writing is so generous, so full of life, rich with experiences. She has lived through every word, every image - and that is clearly felt. I cannot recommend this book enough. Just re...
"A Manual for Cleaning Women" by Lucia Berlin
A beautiful contemplation of a new mom - on motherhood on all the themes surrounding it. A maze of emotions, newborn's emerging needs, a feeling of isolation - you will find all of it inside this book. Highly recommend.
"A Life's Work" by Rachel Cusk
I loved the format and structure of this book - all of the three women intertwined, their stories quite distinct, yet universal and relatable. I love that it is based on nearly a decade of reporting - about real (sex) life stories of three American w...
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
Toni Morrison doesn't need an introduction. This book affected me deeply. It got me thinking about beauty, the way we sometimes relate it to certain facial features and skin color - when in reality, there is so much more to the subject. Beauty is a c...
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
I absolutely love Joan Didion! Her unique voice and her way with words, it's just a delight to come upon such a gifted writer. My favorite quote from the book (to give you a taste): “Always when I play back my father’s voice,” Maria says, “it is with...
Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion
There's something radical and funky about the main idea of this book, and I loved it. It made me rethink beauty in a slightly fresh way (which is hard to do at this point). It is worth reading!
The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty by Filipacchi
Read it after you've read “Truth and Beauty: A Friendship” you will be overcome with beauty and love! This book is so heartbreaking, yet so poetic and beautiful. It will enrich your life, just the simple act of reading it. It is so generous. I am soo...
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
I love this book so much. The true colors of friendship, one that is pure and without hidden agenda. Female beauty, contemplating its place and price that comes with it (or with percieved lack of it). It will make you think, laugh and cry. It is full...
Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
I like the pace and rhythm of this book. The gradual painting of a troubled relationship, a domestic violence that was slowly birthed. And we are all aware of that pattern on some level, but what makes this story more poetic and beautiful is the usag...
In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado, Paperback