Emily Ratajkowski divides fans after posing nude in bath with 1-year-old son

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By Phoebe Egoroff

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Emily Ratajkowski accidentally caused a stir online after posting images of her laying in a bath nude with her one-year-old son.

The images, which were shared on the model's Instagram and already have 1.2 million likes, seemed to cause an issue among many of her followers - who said the images were inappropriate.

One user commented: "Why on earth [are you] taking pictures with your naked son... What do you do just for 'likes' and attention..."

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While another wrote: "Since when is it normal to put intimate naked pictures of children into the internet. Creeps don't need darknet anymore nowadays..."

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"How on earth does she manage to sexualize bathing with [your] child. Or better yet why do we have to see it!?" a third added.

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"Putting a photo of your naked toddler son in a tub on the internet for all kinds of weirdos to see… [shaking my head]," another user had commented underneath the post.

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Despite the negativity, many of the mom-of-one's 29 million followers complimented her on the images, including fellow model, Elsa Hosk, and Queer Eye star, Tan France.

Ratajkowski shares her son, named Sylvester, with ex-husband, Sebastian Bear-McClard - she filed for divorce earlier this year after allegations of the movie producer's affairs rocked their marriage, Page Six reported.

The former couple were married at a courthouse in 2018, just one week after publicly announcing their relationship. Sylvester was born in March 2021.

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Ratajkowski shares one-year-old Sylvester with ex-husband, Sebastian Bear-McClard (pictured in 2018). She filed for divorce earlier this year due to cheating allegations. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy

The 31-year-old model is no stranger to critiques on her appearance. In fact, Ratajkowski wrote a book of essays - which subsequently became a New York Times bestseller - that focuses on society's fetishization of girls and female beauty.

In it, she writes: "We are more than just our bodies, but that doesn't mean we should be shamed for them or our sexuality."

The book, called My Body, received some criticism on how Ratajkowski doesn't seem to offer women any solutions to the patriarchal structures that force women to be seen as objects of desire.

The model spoke about this in a 2021 interview with VICE, saying: "I actually really wasn't expecting those criticisms, partly just because I feel very connected to a kind of younger version of feminism, like what I see on TikTok and Instagram and Twitter."

"Criticizing women for wearing make-up and for posting sexy pictures – I just felt like we had moved past that, and that everyone had realised that it's not beneficial to slut shame women for the way they might appeal to patriarchal ideas and standards," she added.

Featured image credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy

Emily Ratajkowski divides fans after posing nude in bath with 1-year-old son

vt-author-image

By Phoebe Egoroff

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Emily Ratajkowski accidentally caused a stir online after posting images of her laying in a bath nude with her one-year-old son.

The images, which were shared on the model's Instagram and already have 1.2 million likes, seemed to cause an issue among many of her followers - who said the images were inappropriate.

One user commented: "Why on earth [are you] taking pictures with your naked son... What do you do just for 'likes' and attention..."

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Credit: Instagram.com

While another wrote: "Since when is it normal to put intimate naked pictures of children into the internet. Creeps don't need darknet anymore nowadays..."

wp-image-1263170340 size-full
Credit: Instagram.com

"How on earth does she manage to sexualize bathing with [your] child. Or better yet why do we have to see it!?" a third added.

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Credit: Instagram.com

"Putting a photo of your naked toddler son in a tub on the internet for all kinds of weirdos to see… [shaking my head]," another user had commented underneath the post.

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Credit: Instagram.com

Despite the negativity, many of the mom-of-one's 29 million followers complimented her on the images, including fellow model, Elsa Hosk, and Queer Eye star, Tan France.

Ratajkowski shares her son, named Sylvester, with ex-husband, Sebastian Bear-McClard - she filed for divorce earlier this year after allegations of the movie producer's affairs rocked their marriage, Page Six reported.

The former couple were married at a courthouse in 2018, just one week after publicly announcing their relationship. Sylvester was born in March 2021.

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Ratajkowski shares one-year-old Sylvester with ex-husband, Sebastian Bear-McClard (pictured in 2018). She filed for divorce earlier this year due to cheating allegations. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy

The 31-year-old model is no stranger to critiques on her appearance. In fact, Ratajkowski wrote a book of essays - which subsequently became a New York Times bestseller - that focuses on society's fetishization of girls and female beauty.

In it, she writes: "We are more than just our bodies, but that doesn't mean we should be shamed for them or our sexuality."

The book, called My Body, received some criticism on how Ratajkowski doesn't seem to offer women any solutions to the patriarchal structures that force women to be seen as objects of desire.

The model spoke about this in a 2021 interview with VICE, saying: "I actually really wasn't expecting those criticisms, partly just because I feel very connected to a kind of younger version of feminism, like what I see on TikTok and Instagram and Twitter."

"Criticizing women for wearing make-up and for posting sexy pictures – I just felt like we had moved past that, and that everyone had realised that it's not beneficial to slut shame women for the way they might appeal to patriarchal ideas and standards," she added.

Featured image credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy