Bunnie Xo loves memoirs written by powerful and 'misunderstood' women

Bunnie Xo loves a good memoir — specifically ones written by women. The author, whose new book “Stripped Down” is out now, says she has always been drawn to stories about women who were misunderstood, sexualized, underestimated and still found a way to take their power back.

She wants a memoir that isn’t “polished to perfection.” “I want the truth, the grit, the reinvention,” she adds. Her must-read picks include “Yours Cruelly, Elvira” by Cassandra Peterson — “I love how she built an iconic character in a world that tried to box her in and still kept ownership of it” — and “Inside Out” by Demi Moore, which “is raw in a way that surprised me” and “doesn’t hide the addiction, the insecurity, the hunger to be loved.” “Stripped Down” by Bunnie Xo was “different for me because I lived every word of it.

I rewrote it to make sure it felt like my voice...

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