Ask anyone who Emily Ratajkowski is, and most will say model, some will say actress, and a solid portion will say the girl from the Blurred Lines film clip.
It is an unfortunate, but perhaps inevitable, result of the way in which Ratajkowski quite literally burst onto our radar. One minute the-then 22-year-old was largely anonymous; the next, dancing nearly naked on the most-viewed film clip of 2013.
Since that now infamous clip, Ratajkowski has worked hard at ensuring her voice is as loud and articulate as her looks well-known.
And in her time trying to crack into Hollywood, her status as a sex symbol — Ratajkowski has topped many-a-sexiest-woman list — has been a hindrance as much as a help.
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"Hollywood star"
'star'?? That's a somewhat .... generous description.
I understand where this woman is coming from, it is the same old saw that has been going since Marilyn Monroe and Jane Mansfield, too many don't for whatever their reasoning want their women to have a head on their shoulders, and be allowed to have the capacity to use it. Having come from a family of beautiful women who refused to become models or actresses due to the expectations that sat around it, I've had many men disrespect me because I am a whole lot smarter and aware than they would have liked me to have been. Having said this it doesn't necessarily apply across the board. I do suspect the reasoning behind beautiful actresses (actors) having their own political opinions is a reflection of the times we're living in, when you have predominantly old white males holding the purse strings in places like Hollywood, and in control of the fashion industry, and trying to maintain a neutral stance so their brand image isn't affected it isn't necessarily going to work out for them, considering where the Western world finds itself today. I'm sure if Marilyn was alive today she would've definitely experienced a case of de ja vu. If it weren't for women like her who changed people's perception of glamour and beauty, unfortunately there is still a long way to go.