CelebrityEmily Ratajkowski (31), one of the most famous models of her generation, understands that it can be “difficult” to share almost daily “sexualized” photos of herself on Instagram. According to her, these reinforce an unrealistic ideal of beauty, exactly what she is always critical of. But she knows what she’s doing, she says.
Emily is part of the problem she likes to raise on her own, “Harper’s Bazaar” wonders in an interview with the acting model this week. The American, who gained international fame thanks to her role in the music video for Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’ hit “Blurred lines”, has written a much-discussed book about her experiences in the world of modeling. Money is made with an ideal of beauty that is completely unattainable for most women. As long as the images are beautiful, especially for the male eye.
Photos of seemingly perfect people can have very damaging effects on the mental health of young people, especially girls. There are links with suicidal thoughts and worsening of eating disorders. Emily is critical of the industry and this has brought her back to criticism. She acts against a world she voluntarily remains a part of and invariably shares photos with perfect poses and post-processing. She is not on a small scale, but with nearly 30 million followers on Instagram.
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How responsible do you feel? “I fully understand that it is difficult to sexualize myself and share photos that reinforce the ideal of beauty,” she says. “I’m not trying to shirk that responsibility. But I don’t think I would have sold so many books if I hadn’t. That’s how the world works, “she shrugs.” I mean, we all participate in systems that we disagree with. “
If I stopped sharing my photos myself, would that change anything?
You can be aware of the harmful sides of the fashion world and still use your body to make money in that world, Emily believes. Asked if “he could do more”, she says, “I don’t know. If I stopped sharing my photos myself, would that change anything?”
Thanks to her success as a model, she can now also do other more substantial work for a large audience. She had already been seen, now she is also heard, that’s the idea. There is the book – Emily is proud that there are no photos of her on the cover – and now a podcast, with themes like feminism. It’s not even about how she looks like her, after all you can only feel her. “I want to have fun with the way I present myself,” Emily said. “Without feeling like a bad or a good feminist.”
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