the last. Like in her flesh-toned shapewear or Victoria Beckham in her LBDs and face-swamping sunglasses, it helps when a famous person takes ownership of a particular aesthetic.
It sends up a red flare that communicates and what they’re about.A model who rose to fame as a bikini-clad music video vixen, in EmRata’s case, this seems to be about reclaiming the objectified female form.
In April 2021, she claimed artist Richard Prince had taken one of her Instagram photos and printed it on a large canvas (priced at $90,000) without her permission.
She later sold that same image as an NFT. And then she wrote a , in which she bore down on the (often uncomfortable) ways in which her image has been used to sell heterosexual fantasies.“I’ve felt objectified and limited by my position in the world as a so-called sex symbol,” she on its release. “I’m still grappling with how I feel about sexuality and empowerment.” And so all the dental floss bikinis gave rise to midriff-exposing two pieces, which have now given rise to an accretion of .
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