“By thirteen, I’d learned through the hierarchy of middle school that girls who were considered hot got the most attention. They were special. Britney was like that – she commanded a type of power that, through modeling, suddenly seemed attainable. I want to be one of them, I thought.”

“By thirteen, I’d learned through the hierarchy of middle school that girls who were considered hot got the most attention. They were special. Britney was like that – she commanded a type of power that, through modeling, suddenly seemed attainable. I want to be one of them, I thought.”

— Emily Ratajkowski