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Emily Ratajkowski: Buying myself back

47 mins | Nov 21, 2021
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When does a model own her own image? Emily Ratajkowski is more familiar with seeing herself through a photographer's lens than with her reflection in the mirror. Since 2013 when she starred in a viral music video, she became accustomed to paparazzi lurking outside her home and men jumping out from corners to try and snap the perfect picture. Following the publication of her memoir, "My Body", we visit this honest piece in which she explains her fight for autonomy over her image and the tension between empowerment and objectification.

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