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It’s easy to assume that someone like Emily Ratajkowski couldn’t possibly hold any insecurities. From her chiselled bone structure and striking figure to her mammoth success in writing, modelling and beyond, she’s hit the genetic lottery and carved an impressive career for herself. But as we know, celebrities are human. And though much of their lives can’t be compared to ours, insecurities are all part of the human experience—Ratajkowski’s included.
In a new interview with Glamour, the model-turned-writer opened up about how her views on feminism—a topic she writes and speaks frequently on—have evolved over time with experience and how learning about it has impacted her outlook. Specifically, she criticises the way feminism is so often used against women.
“I do feel that feminism as a term has become weaponised. Not in like, ‘Oh, you’re so brave to call yourself a feminist,’ but in the sense of, ‘Are you good-enough feminists? Are you a real feminist? Are you a fake feminist?’” she told the outlet, adding that she’s learning to let go of it all. “I know how I live my life. I know my personal politics, and sometimes, honestly, feminism is just giving women the benefit of the doubt.”
But despite her growing disregard for the cynics, she admitted that other peoples’ opinions of her can take their toll—alluding to some of the unfavourable reviews her book, My Body, received upon its publication two years ago.
“I’m so afraid of people not taking me seriously,” she confessed.
Ratajkowksi then elaborated on her motivations for writing the book in the first place, explaining that it was a chance to give some insight into her life, particularly for the women who, she worries, believe her looks have enabled her to bypass misogyny.
“I wanted to set the record straight for those exact women so that it was like we would be going to dinner together or something, and me saying, ‘No, no, no. Let me tell you about my experience… This is bad for everyone,” she says. “The same things that I’m experiencing, there’s no getting out of it or winning. And that felt important to me.”
The 32-year-old also revealed that she’s currently working on her second book. She wouldn’t touch on specifics but did divulge that she was keen to write more about reducing stigmas around divorcing at a young age after her experience with her now ex-husband, Sebastian Bear-McClard, after four years.
