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The Cut

Emily Ratajkowski's Body

The Cut

New York Magazine

Personal Journals, Documentary, Arts, Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

For model Emily Ratajkowski, there's a blurred line between empowerment and objectification. Coming up in the world of modeling, a harrowing experience with a photographer provided an early education in power dynamics, shame and what it means to be the object of desire. Her essay on that experience for The Cut went viral last year. Now, she's expanded on the ideas in that piece in a new memoir called "My Body." The Cut's executive producer Hanna Rosin talked to Emily about starring in an infamous music video, growing up with a woman's body and taking control of how that body was viewed as an adult. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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One of the cut's most listened to episodes featured the model Emily Radikowski.

1:30.3

This was last year and she came to talk about a piece she'd written for the cut about

1:36.4

a harrowing experience from earlier in her career. It started with a photo shoot

1:41.5

she did with photographer Jonathan Letter, where he took explicit photos over. And after

1:46.7

that, Emily alleges he assaulted her. I didn't realize what was happening until I felt

1:52.6

the way he was touching me. I thought was when I was like, this isn't right.

1:59.6

Years after the incident, Letter released the book of the photos he took of Emily from

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that shoot. And when Emily tweeted that the book was being released without her consent,

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