Emily Ratajkowski is an ardent feminist and one of the world’s most attractive women. And now, while posing naked on a horse, the actress has spoken out against body shaming in Harper’s Bazaar magazine.

Naomi Wolf, a famous feminist author, interviewed the 25-year-old “Gone Girl” actress for the piece. The two discussed the harassment women face when they embrace their sexuality by dressing attractively or posting appealing photos on social media.

 

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She told prominent feminist Naomi Wolf, “The world should not be exclusive of the ideal body; It has to include all ideals, all bodies.”

The 25-year-old model bared everything for Harper’s Bazaar’s latest issue, in which she channels Lady Godiva while posing naked atop a magnificent white horse, with nothing but her long brunette tresses to cover her modesty.

Lady Godiva, a 13th-century English noblewoman, is famed for riding through town nude in protest of her husband’s taxes, using her sexuality for political gain.

The brunette’s hair locks flow freely in the breeze as she casts her seductive glance at the camera.

The actress spoke with Wolf about her and Kardashian’s notorious photo, in which they were both topless, with black bars covering their breasts and flashing their middle fingers at the camera.

 

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Ratajkowski, who has a history of posting nude photographs on her social media platforms, defended Kim Kardashian.

“The whole idea is that when Kim takes a nude selfie, she’s just seeking attention. That’s not the issue,” she said. “A woman can be seeking attention and also make a statement. They don’t need to be mutually exclusive.”

Ratajkowski came up with the concept for the photo after Kardashian was humiliated by Piers Morgan, who stated the reality star was “too old” and a mother, and therefore shouldn’t have released a recent nude photo of herself.

Emily claimed she decided to team up with the reality star to support her, shooting a similar side-by-side naked photo with her — this time with both of their middle fingers in the air.

Given Emily’s vocal habits of sticking up for women and their right to own their own sexuality, it’s easy to understand why she’d be compared to Lady Godiva.

“You know, when Lena Dunham takes her clothes off, she gets flack, but it’s also considered brave; when Justin Bieber takes off his shirt, he’s a grown up,” she muses on society’s attitude to women taking control of their sexuality.

“But when a woman who is sexual takes off her top, it plays into something.”

The Gone Girl actress acknowledged that some individuals who were against the selfie expressed worry that males benefit from naked photos of women, therefore they couldn’t possible be empowering. But, in her opinion, the masculine gaze has no bearing on the situation.

 

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Emily rose to worldwide fame as a result of her role in the controversial music video for Robin Thicke’s blockbuster hit track Blurred Lines.

Ratajkowski also discussed going through puberty at a young age and how it influenced how people saw her body.

“My teachers, my boyfriends, my parents’ friends didn’t understand how complex it all was,” she said. “Because of third-wave feminism, I understood that there are all of these f——up ideals of beauty put on young women; that there was something to be scared about in the entertainment world.

“But yet the people I knew in my everyday life, they [didn’t realize] their faux paus, their missteps,” she continued, “and since they knew me it was much harder because the comments felt personal.”