It is interesting how the A list model only mentions one guy paying for her services and not the dozens others who would not hesitate to make her life miserable for the rest of her life.

Emily Ratajkowski

Jho Low

Emily Ratajkowski tells all about Hollywood, sexual assault, Jho Low paying her US$25,000 to be his date – ‘all women are objectified and sexualised’, she says in My Body

Emily Ratajkowski seemingly navigates the spotlight with ease, making headlines with her chic outfits and unapologetic statements about feminism. But the reality is, this fame has come at a cost.

From nuanced misogyny to sexual assault, the 30-year-old model and activist chronicles her life and what it’s like to live in a society that both fetishises and shames female sexuality in her first book, My Body.

“I wanted to offer something that I can’t show on my Instagram: the complicated truths behind the power you receive as something to be looked at,” Ratajkowski says.

When asked about the decision to write about these encounters, Ratajkowski says it was “personally really clarifying to be able to name the experiences”, but admits she felt “pretty down” when outlets leaked the allegations earlier this month.

“On a good day, I’d call people sexist who condemned a woman for capitalising on her body. On a bad day, I’d hate myself and my body, and every decision I’d made in my life seemed like a flaring mistake,” she writes.

Looking back at her career, Ratajkowski reflects vulnerably on personal, specific incidents that inflicted trauma and anxiety. She accuses Robin Thicke of groping her bare breasts while shooting the controversial Blurred Lines music video and, in the essay “Buying Myself Back”, alleges photographer Jonathan Leder sexually assaulted her during a 2012 photo shoot.

We have reached out to Thicke and Leder’s representatives for comment. She also writes that Malaysian fugitive businessman Jho Low paid her US$25,000 to attend the Super Bowl. – Source


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