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Buzz Feed
an hour ago
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- Buzz Feed
Emily Ratajkowski Has Zero Straight Men In Her Life
Emily Ratajkowski is deprioritizing "straight men," and I honestly love that for her. In a June 18 interview with Elle UK, the supermodel shared how she's entering a new era where her womanhood and femininity are at the center of her universe. For Emily, she's learned to deprioritize men. "Not centering men is really wonderful," she said. "In general, in our world, men have somehow filed this space, but what I found instead of it is community." "I still like men," she explained. "I just have zero straight men in my life, unless they're a romantic interest. In the hierarchy of needs, that's at the top of the pyramid, which is nice. [Men are] pleasure and fun, but not a part of my core." "The rest of my life is community with other women and queer people, and being a mom," she added. She is a mother to Sylvester Apollo Bear, whom she shares with ex-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard. Part of that "community" she discussed is her good friend Lena Dunham, who included her in her new Netflix series Too Much. Besides starring in one of my favorite TV creators' new shows and always serving us ridiculously beautiful, not-so-candid paparazzi photos, EmRata always has a way with words, and her latest take is certainly making waves on the internet. When Emily's quotes hit this Reddit thread, people had a lot of thoughts about the idea of her having "zero straight men" in her life and why she's choosing to decenter men. Here are some compelling responses: "I get it. Just wanted to build a friendship with a male neighbor and had one coffee with him, and whoosh the supposedly funny messages seasoned with sexual hints are coming in. Pisses me off so much." "I feel this. Most straight men I interact with for longer than ten minutes end up flirting with me. I hate it so much. In high school, almost all of my straight male friends tried hitting on me multiple times. I stopped having serious straight male friends years ago." "Yeah, it's a bit sad, but every male friend I've had eventually ended up trying to get something sexual from me. I can have more superficial friendships, as in, we can have a conversation in a group of people and get along. But 1:1 meet-ups I just won't do anymore because time and time again this has ended up being the end goal, and I'm so feeling tired of it." "This is normal for hot women. Straight men want to sleep with her, not be her friend. She's probably encountered enough of that to set her life up like this and avoid the trouble." "I still have trouble navigating adult friendships and wonder if this is a common thought among men and women. I just want friends, but stuff like this is usually in the back of my head when I try to make friends with women." "As someone who's a guy and friends with some hot women…I get it. I don't try to get with them because they're just my friends (shocker), but it's an epidemic issue. It's also not one-sided. A lot of the same doors are opened for hot men, and that introduces the same issues. It's very hard for our culture — right now, but I actually think not forever — to just respect the human across from you as a human first. But maybe that's naive." "Isn't this..... normal? Most guys are like this too, they have no women in their life unless they're a romantic interest and that's OK, too." Finally, "I'm a man with many male and female friends. I don't know how I'd actually feel if my female friends just decided this about me. 10 years ago, when I was coming of age, it felt like the trend was that all the gender barriers were coming down, and of course, men and women could be friends — now it feels like we're back to playground rules as some sort of edgy trend. Are the 1980s back or something?" Now, I want to hear what you think. Is it possible to maintain platonic friendships with people you could be attracted to, or are they always doomed to become something more? What are your biggest wins or failures while trying to maintain a platonic friendship that could've been romantic? Share your stories in the comments or use this anonymous form.
USA Today
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Emily Ratajkowski is over 'centering men' who don't serve a purpose
Emily Ratajkowski is taking hot girl summer literally. In a new interview with Elle UK, the model and actress told the publication that the men in her life must serve a specific purpose – or she's ready to show them the door. "Not centering men is really wonderful," she said in the article, published June 18. "In general, in our world, men have somehow filled this space, but what I found instead of it is community." "I still like men," she offered as a caveat, but added that her desire for friendship with straight men has dwindled. "I just have zero straight men in my life, unless they're a romantic interest. In the hierarchy of needs, that's at the top of the pyramid, which is nice," Ratajkowski, 34, told the magazine. While men may be good for "pleasure and fun," they're "not a part of my core" community, she explained. "The rest of my life is community with other women and queer people, and being a mom," she said. Ratajkowski shares one son, Sly, 3, with ex-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard. 'Hot girl summer,' move aside. Women are going 'boysober' and have never felt better. Now an author, the model has spent recent years sharpening her feminist voice and becoming an outspoken advocate for women's rights. Her 2021 essay collection "My Body" explored themes of female empowerment, owning your own sexuality and the exploitative tilt of the entertainment and fashion industries. Her comments echo a wider sentiment circulating in some circles online of a freedom found in "decentering" men. In line with the "boysober" trend of last summer, which saw women renouncing sex and romantic relationships for the sake of clearheadedness and empowerment, Ratajkowski's sentiments match a growing movement to throw out the boy craziness of yesteryear and dig deeper into female relationships.
Grazia USA
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Grazia USA
Emily Ratajkowski Is Demonstrating How To Decentre Men
Emily Ratajkowski is seen on the Croisette filming a commercial during day nine of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2025, in Cannes, France. (Photo by Arnold Jerocki/GC Images) From literature to TikTok discourse, the phrase 'decentring men' has been impossible to miss, weaving its way into the zeitgeist and taking off at full speed. Now, Emily Ratajkowski is demonstrating how to thrive from it. Coined by writer Sherese (Charlie) Taylor, 'decentring men', in short, refers to the practice of examining 'the conscious and subconscious ways you place men above your needs and fullness.' These ways may include orienting life plans around securing a relationship, maintaining it, and generally holding back on feeling 'whole' until 'chosen' by a man. (L-R) Adwoa Aboah, Emily Ratajkowski, Irina Shayk, Ziwe Fumudoh and Charli XCX attend the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Dave Benett/VF24/WireImage for Vanity Fair) Ratajkowski, 34, like a growing number of modern women, has instead opted to prioritise her family, friends and community. '[Men are] pleasure and fun, but not a part of my core,' she told Elle UK earlier this week. 'The rest of my life is community with other women and queer people and being a mum.' Finding fulfilment and joy in friendships outside of romantic love has growingly become a mainstream topic of conversation, with many women aiming to make their communities the centre of their universe, not as a consolation, but as an equally—if not more —desirable direction in life. Emily Ratajkowski, Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, Paloma Elsesser at the WSJ Innovator Awards held at the Museum of Modern Art on October 29, 2024 in New York, New York. (Photo by Nina Westervelt/WWD via Getty Images) Ratajkowski, a mother to four-year-old Sylvester Apollo Bear, explains how she feels that 'there's so much opportunity in her current stage of her life .' Not just in terms of her sense of self, but also her work, motherhood, and her politics. 'My mum had me at 39, and I remember she always romanticised her thirties as a time of self-exploration and power as a woman,' she said. 'I'm in the midst of it and really feel that way too.' She spoke to the outlet about how this time has solidified her perception of self, and how her primary concerns will always be her son's perception of her as a mother, growing and learning each year, and feeling more in control of her work, both acting and writing. Sounds pretty commedable to us! Emily Ratajkowski and her son Sly / Image: Instagram/emrata
Perth Now
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Emily Ratajkowski: Men are 'pleasure and fun'
Emily Ratajkowski thinks men are "pleasure and fun". The Too Much actress - who has son Sylvester, four, with ex-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard - treasures the "community" of people she has around her because guys are no longer "part of [the] core" of who she is. She told the July/ August issue of Britain's ELLE magazine: 'I still like men. I just have zero straight men in my life, unless they're a romantic interest. In the hierarchy of needs, that's at the top of the pyramid, which is nice. "[Men are] pleasure and fun, but not a part of my core. The rest of my life is community with other women and queer people, and being a mom." The 34-year-old actress is relishing being in her 30s. She said: "I'm fascinated with this decade of my life. My mom had me at 39, and I remember she always romanticised her thirties as a time of self-exploration and power as a woman. I'm in the midst of it and really feel that way too." And Emily is excited about taking charge of her own destiny. She said: "'You can't control everything, but you can move towards something to give yourself the life you want, which really excites me, because when I think about 34 to 44, I'm like, 'Oh man, there's so much opportunity.' "I can be so much more intentional than I was in my twenties and there won't be, like, accidents.' " Meanwhile, the Gone Girl star loves being "subversive" by refusing to conform to ideas of "what a mom should look like" and she doesn't care what people think of her clothing because only her son's opinion matters. She said: "I think that [fashion] is actually one of the ways I really enjoy being subversive with motherhood. There's so much around what a mom should look like. "I know what kind of mom I am, and I only deeply care about my son's reaction to that. Anybody else who has opinions about me as a mother because of the way I dress – it's just so inconsequential." Read the full interview with Emily in the July/August issue of ELLE UK, which is on sale now, or visit for more.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Emily Ratajkowski: Men are 'pleasure and fun'
Emily Ratajkowski thinks men are "pleasure and fun". The Too Much actress - who has son Sylvester, four, with ex-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard - treasures the "community" of people she has around her because guys are no longer "part of [the] core" of who she is. She told the July/ August issue of Britain's ELLE magazine: 'I still like men. I just have zero straight men in my life, unless they're a romantic interest. In the hierarchy of needs, that's at the top of the pyramid, which is nice. "[Men are] pleasure and fun, but not a part of my core. The rest of my life is community with other women and queer people, and being a mom." The 34-year-old actress is relishing being in her 30s. She said: "I'm fascinated with this decade of my life. My mom had me at 39, and I remember she always romanticised her thirties as a time of self-exploration and power as a woman. I'm in the midst of it and really feel that way too." And Emily is excited about taking charge of her own destiny. She said: "'You can't control everything, but you can move towards something to give yourself the life you want, which really excites me, because when I think about 34 to 44, I'm like, 'Oh man, there's so much opportunity.' "I can be so much more intentional than I was in my twenties and there won't be, like, accidents.' " Meanwhile, the Gone Girl star loves being "subversive" by refusing to conform to ideas of "what a mom should look like" and she doesn't care what people think of her clothing because only her son's opinion matters. She said: "I think that [fashion] is actually one of the ways I really enjoy being subversive with motherhood. There's so much around what a mom should look like. "I know what kind of mom I am, and I only deeply care about my son's reaction to that. Anybody else who has opinions about me as a mother because of the way I dress – it's just so inconsequential." Read the full interview with Emily in the July/August issue of ELLE UK, which is on sale now, or visit for more.
