Emily Ratajkowski is trying to use her fame to create positive change.
The 31-year-old star spoke to Elle’s first-ever April 2023 issue of Impact this week, in which she shared some of her points of view.
The theme was to celebrate women who are making their mark on the world right now.
During the conversation, Emily – who said this week she wants a second child – mentioned two blonde superstars who she feels have been treated unfairly.
One of them is Taylor Swift and the other is Pamela Anderson.
Fresh thoughts from ER: Emily Ratajkowski is trying to use her fame to create positive change. The 31-year-old star spoke to ELLE’s first-ever April 2023 issue of Impact this week, where she shared some of her perspectives
The ladies she looks up to: Emily said she feels sorry for Taylor Swift (left) and Pamela Anderson (right) who have had to deal with sexism
In the issue, she revealed that she’s become a Swift fan, adding that she’d love to host Anderson as a guest on her podcast.
As for Taylor, she said she was happy to shout out a TikTok of a sexist Swift interview.
“I recently became a swiftie,” the Vogue model began.
“I loved her last album and I saw her documentary, but I haven’t followed her career in the same way for the last 10+ years,” she added.
Upon seeing the video, Emily was “so impressed with how clearly she speaks about what makes her uncomfortable.”
Ratajkowski added, “I think the lens I would have used to watch this interview from 10 years ago compared to now has evolved so much, which is why it struck me. I was in bed, falling asleep, and commenting on it, not because I thought it would make headlines at all.
“She’s another example of a woman who’s faced such blatant misogyny and sexism, and yet we don’t want to admit it because she’s powerful and successful and she knows.”
New Fan: As for Taylor, she said she was happy to call a TikTok of a sexist Swift interview. Upon seeing the video, Emily was “so impressed with how clearly she speaks about what makes her uncomfortable.”
She feels for Pam: She then switched to her dream podcast guest. It’s Baywatch star Pamela Anderson. “The way women have treated her is almost as shocking as the way men have treated her,” she said of the Playboy model
Emily added that Taylor was very clear in communicating why she wasn’t comfortable with what was happening.
“And it made everyone laugh. It really upset me,” she noted. “And I think that just speaks to a bigger thing that I’ve noticed, where people don’t listen to women presenting people.”
She then transitioned to her dream podcast guest.
It’s Baywatch star Pamela Anderson who recently released her memoir.
“The way women have treated her is almost as shocking as the way men have treated her,” she said of the Playboy model.
“And I’m just so curious where she is now with her perspective. I hope she gets the opportunity to control her narrative,” Emily said.
New life: Next, she wants to try her hand as a screenwriter. “To grow the media company I started around the podcast. I definitely want to write future books. “To try my hand at fiction, even if it is only thinly veiled”
Next, she wants to try her hand at being a screenwriter. “To grow the media company I started around the podcast. I definitely want to write future books.
“To try my hand at fiction, even if it’s only thinly veiled, just because I feel like I’ve exposed myself in my body, I don’t know if I ever want to do that again.”
For the first-ever Impact issue of ELLE in April 2023, they celebrate women who are making their mark on the world right now.
Among them are the first daughter Ashley Biden, the actress, singer and aspiring mogul Keke Palmer, the Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska, the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, and the climate activist Xiye Bastida.
For the Women of Impact portfolio, ELLE award winners share their stories through interviews about the career moments that amazed them, what they wish they knew when they started, and their advice for the next generation of women to follow in their footsteps.
Women First: For the first-ever Impact issue of ELLE in April 2023, they celebrate women who are making their mark on the world right now