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“Eventually, Jonathan will run out of “unseen” crusty Polaroids, but I will remain as the real Emily; the Emily who owns the high-art Emily, and the one who wrote this essay, too. She will continue to carve out control where she can find it.”
― Emily Ratajkowski, My Body

“I was a child, but somehow already an expert in detecting male desire, even if I didn't completely understand what to make of it: Was it a good thing? Something to be afraid of? Something to be ashamed of? It seemed to be all these things at once.”
― Emily Ratajkowski, My Body

“just trying to dance at the party then someone asks you to smile and the blood begins to riot”
― Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party

“Now I realize I wasn’t being a typical teenager. I just didn’t want to be looked at by my mother, because I knew that when she watched me she was often calculating: examining and comparing.”
― Emily Ratajkowski, My Body