Cheeky: A Head-to-toe Memoir

 Cheeky: A Head-to-toe Memoir by Ariella Elovic   241 pages

Summary from Goodreads: Too tall. Too short. Too fat. Too thin. The message is everywhere--we need to pluck, wax, shrink, and hide ourselves, to not take up space, emotionally or literally; women are never “just right.” Well, Ariella Elovic, feminist and illustrator extraordinaire, has had enough. In her full-color graphic memoir Cheeky, she takes an inspiring and exuberant head-to-toe look at her own body self-consciousness, and body part by body part, finds her way back to herself.

I liked Elovic's approach to this book, where she breaks down different body parts but also writes about her experiences and her close female friends. She has a bold, colorful graphic style and admittedly, I sometimes looked back at the author photo because I felt like I needed to compare the drawing to the photo. This book is full of empathy and candor and it's very funny -- although if bodily functions make you squeamish, then this isn't the book for you.