Kim Kardashian sends Emily Ratajkowski flowers to thank her for support over nude selfie row
'It's so powerful when women support other women', says Kardashian
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Your support makes all the difference.Kim Kardashian-West has thanked Emily Ratajkowski for defending her against the backlash she received for posting a nude selfie.
Last week, Kardashian-West divided the internet when she shared an image of herself completely naked apart from two modesty bars.
Ratajkowski dismissed the negative reaction to Kardashian West's selfie as "sexist bullshit". The model and actress shared a series of tweets saying men shouldn’t be commenting on a woman’s decision to post a nude photo and suggested they read her Lenny letter where she argued for the right for women to express and celebrate their sexuality without being subject to labels like “trashy” or the assumption they are playing up to men’s desires.
On Monday Ratajkowski shared a photo of roses and a thank-you note from Kardashian-West, which read: “Emily, Hey I wanted to thank you so much for your support last week. I saw your tweets and just think it’s so powerful when women support other women! So thank you! xo Kim.”
Ratajkowski also shared a quote from the feminist activist Emma Goldman.
Kardashian-West's critics included Bette Midler, who suggested she should swallow the camera if she wanted people to see something they hadn’t, Chloe Grace Moretz for not using her platform to teach women they are more than their bodies and Piers Morgan, who offered to buy her some clothes. She responded to all three individuals with an essay defending her right to express her sexuality as a woman to mark International Women’s Day.
“It’s 2016. The body-shaming and slut-shaming - it’s like, enough is enough. I will not live my life dictated by the issues you have with my sexuality," she wrote. "You be you and let me be me. I am a mother. I am a wife, a sister, a daughter, an entrepreneur and I am allowed to be sexy.”
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