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07-11-2016 06:36 PM |
13 Times Emily Ratajkowski Made a Salient Point About ***uality
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Emily Ratajkowski made major headlines this week with a ***y spread in Harper's Bazaar, which featured the model, actress, and UCLA grad posing nude on a horse and giving candid quotes about ***uality and feminism in an interview with writer Naomi Wolf. Though the images brought out opinions both in favor and against Emily's outlook, it's worth **thing that this isn't the first (and, hopefully, **t the last) time the 25-year-old has been vocal about her feelings on the human body and women's right to embrace their ***uality in whatever way they choose.
In February, Emily penned a poignant essay for friend Lena Dunham's Lenny Letter; the piece, which was titled "Baby Woman," touched on Emily's struggles with hitting puberty at such an early age and coming to terms with the fact that she would be judged differently from her peers for her developing body. Since rising to fame with her controversial nude appearance in Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" video in 2013, Emily has made something of a name for herself as **t only a beautiful face but also an increasingly powerful voice for women. Born in England to a professor and a painter, she doesn't shy away from posting ***y social media snaps of herself - or with fellow bombshell Kim Kardashian - and has made outspoken statements about ***uality. Read her most important quotes below.
- "The implication is that to be ***ual is to be trashy because being ***y means playing into men's desires. To me, '***y' is a kind of beauty, a kind of self-expression, one that is to be celebrated, one that is wonderfully female. Why does the implication have to be that *** is a thing men get to take from women and women give up?"
- "Where can girls look to see women who find empowerment in deciding when and how to be or feel ***ual? Even if being ***ualized by society's gaze is demeaning, there must be a space where women can still be ***ual when they choose to be."
- "I developed very young, so I was more conscious of ***uality and being a pretty girl-woman. Having men look at you and really having ** idea what *** is a very strange experience."
"Why does the implication have to be that *** is a thing men get to take from women and women give up?"
- "I refuse to live in this world of shame and silent apologies. Life can**t be dictated by the perceptions of others, and I wish the world had made it clear to me that people's reactions to my ***uality were **t my problems, they were theirs."
- "I really believe that we're all conditioned: maybe we have certain impulses that make us more inclined towards one gender, but we're pretty flexible. We're animals. A body is a body."
- "Because of third-wave feminism, I understood [growing up] that there are all these f*cked-up ideals of beauty put on young women; that there was something to be scared about in the entertainment world. But yet the people I knew in my everyday life, they [didn't realize] their faux pas, their missteps, and since they knew me it was that much harder because the comments felt personal."
- "I struggle to find the space between as an artist, as a model, and simply as a woman - a space where I can have ownership and enjoyment of my gender. Ho**ring our ***uality as women is a messy, messy business, but if we don't try, what do we become?"
- "You get people who are like, 'If you want to be taken seriously as an actress, don't post any ***y photos.' And that's . . . You can do whatever you want - that's what being a woman is."
- "I've always felt very comfortable in my own skin. I grew up going to beaches in Spain where I would see topless women. My dad is a visual artist so I have seen so many nude paintings and that was something I always loved and was drawn to. I always found the female form from the photographer or the artists' side to be a really interesting and beautiful subject. So I never really thought of judging my body."
- "A lot of people who were [also] victims of [the nude photo hack in 2014] said anyone who looks at these pictures should feel guilty, but I just don't think that's fair. I think once it's out there, it's out there, and I'm **t sure that anyone who googles it is necessarily a criminal. I think the people who stole the photos are."
- "There's this idea that if a man enjoys a photograph of a nude woman or if he likes your short skirt, he's taking something away from you. It's **t right. *** is **rmal. Desire is **rmal. Attention is **rmal, and that's okay. That's really what slut shaming is, right? A woman talks about having ***, and it's like, 'Well, a guy got to have *** with you, so you're stupid. You've given something up.'"
- "The world should **t be exclusive of the ideal body. It has to include all ideals, all bodies. The whole idea is that when Kim [Kardashian] takes a nude selfie, she's just seeking attention. That's **t the issue. A woman can be seeking attention and also make a statement. They don't need to be mutually exclusive."
- "I think celebrating and finding a joy in my ***uality has empowered me, personally and professionally. I've spent my life feeling unashamed of my womanhood and confident in myself, and that has made navigating life less complicated in a misogynistic society, in my industry, and in my relationships with men and my friendships with other women."
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