Sadiq Khan’s advert ban shows he is an illiberal censor at heart
June 15, 2016 by admin
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Six weeks ago I was one of the 1.3 million Londoners who voted for Sadiq Khan as mayor. Boy do I regret it now. Because he’s just shown what he really thinks of us inhabitants of the capital: that we’re so mentally fragile, so pathetic, so vulnerable to the wicked charms of advertisers, that he must censor allegedly sexist ads on our behalf and protect us from offence. In proposing a blanket ban on bus and Tube ads that make people feel bad about their bodies, Sadiq has revealed his authoritarian, paternalistic contempt for the people who swept him to power.
I’m amazed there isn’t more fury about his extraordinary proposal. He has instructed Transport for London to stop running ads that indulge in body-shaming. Like last year’s Protein World ad that asked commuters ‘Are you beach body ready?’, next to a picture of a svelte woman in a yellow bikini, which elicited a frankly bonkers response from feminist campaigners: they defaced it, marched against it, and got 70,000 signatures calling for its destruction, as if it were the embodiment of evil, the destroyer of women’s souls. Now Sadiq says TfL must refuse all such ads, because they can ‘demean people, particularly women’.
The irony of Sadiq accusing advertisers of demeaning women as he sets himself up as the great protector of women from allegedly harmful images is just too much. What could be more demeaning to women than the idea that their self-esteem is so weak that they need politicians to cover their eyes so that they never see anything which might make them ‘ashamed of their bodies’?
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Sadiq’s ban demeans women, and all Londoners, far more than any ad for a protein supplement or piece of lingerie ever could. Sure, those ads make some people wish they had better bodies; but Sadiq’s ban calls into question everyone’s ability to use their minds, to think for themselves, to zone out stuff they don’t like. It’s shockingly infantilising. Women should be fuming. Censorship was once demanded with the cynical rallying crying of ‘Won’t someone think of the children?!’; now it’s enacted with the cry, ‘Won’t someone think of the women?!’ The censoring of imagery to protect women’s sensibilities sets back women’s lib by decades. We should be marching to City Hall about this.
Sadiq’s ban also sets a mad precedent. He says he wants to squash ads which give people ‘unrealistic expectations surrounding their bodies’. But advertising is all about unrealistic expectations. Ads are packed with stupidly handsome blokes and gorgeous women all having a mighty fine time as they book that holiday some of us can’t afford or down those beers the rest of us would also be downing if only we weren’t on our way to the bloody office. That’s what ads do: they say, ‘Hey. Don’t you wish you were doing this? And looked like this? And owned this?’
Will Sadiq also ban ads that make poor people feel bad about not having enough money to buy that car? Why shouldn’t people’s economic angst be taken as seriously as their bodily angst? Or perhaps he’ll ban ads that show mums and dads with kids. After all, some people can’t have children, and why should they be subjected to familial imagery every time they get the Tube? Now that Sadiq has set himself up as slayer of evil words and pictures to protect Londoners from feeling bad, there’s no telling what he’ll crush next.
It’s clear why there’s been so little backlash. It’s because Sadiq is justifying his ban in feminist lingo, and feminist censorship is the most acceptable form of censorship these days. Once, we had religious censorship, then ideological censorship, and now we have feminist censorship — censorship justified as a means of taming men’s rapaciousness (see the arguments for getting rid of Page 3 or putting lad’s mags in black bags) and preserving women’s self-esteem. What a double-whammy of misanthropy: men depicted as satyrs who must be controlled and women as wallflowers in need of moral chaperoning as they negotiate public life.
Everyone thinks their censorship is good censorship. Torquemada thought burning heretical texts was justified to protect people from moral pollution; Mary Whitehouse thought banning raunchy TV shows was a good way to encourage decency and stability; and the new feministic censors think their image crushing is a good, nice way to control men’s instincts and defend women’s mental health. But a censor is a censor is a censor: a patronising, illiberal, distrustful snob, whether he’s wielding a Bible or a PhD in gender studies, and whether he’s saving souls or saving self-esteem.
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Emily Ratajkowski shows off perky posterior in skimpy lace lingerie in Instagram snap
June 9, 2016 by admin
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After celebrating her 25th birthday on Tuesday, it looks like Emily Ratajowski has jetted to tropical climes to mark her quarter century.
The model-turned-actress posted a series of sexy photos of herself submerged in a glorious blue sea in a mystery exotic location.
Wearing a brown bikini and oversized straw hat, the London-born beauty showed off the fabulous figure which catapulted her to fame three years ago.
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Beach babe: Model Emily Ratajkowski shows off her famous cleavage in a brown bikini as she holidays in a mystery exotic location
She didn’t give a clue to her location, but joked she was upping her ‘hat game’ with the oversized headgear, which managed to give shade to her whole body.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday she found a novel way to celebrate the quarter century milestone as she shared a sultry Instagram snap with her 6.5 million Instagram followers.
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Posing from behind as she stared out over an idyllic landscape, the stunning model kept her caption simple, acknowledging her birthday by writing ’25′ with two peace emojis.
Clad in a skimpy lace teddy, the Gone Girl star showed off her incredibly perky posterior in the thong-style garment.
Shady lady: The 25-year-old decided to seek shelter from a huge oversized hat, which managed to give her whole body cover from the hot sun
Grazing one arm across her thigh and holding another hand out in front, Emily seemed at ease in the candid shot as she gazed out over the lake.
Wearing her chestnut coloured tresses loose and tousled, she framed her pretty face, which was just visible in the sizzling snap.
Emily treated her fans to another glimpse at her phenomenal frame on Saturday as she shared a sizzling throwback snap.
Birthday suit: She celebrated her 25th birthday on Tuesday. And Emily Ratajkowski found a novel way to celebrate the quarter century milestone as she shared a sultry Instagram snap with her 6.5 million followers
Taking to Instagram, she posted a sultry bikini shot captioned: ‘Not in Greece but…’ suggesting the image had been taken on a previous holiday.
Facing away from the camera, the actress flaunted her famously perky posterior whilst donning a pair of minuscule pink bikini pants.
Opting for mismatched swimwear, she donned a peach bikini top, showing off her incredibly tiny waist and toned physique.
Wearing her chestnut coloured locks loose and tousled, she posed sultrily with her head tilted past her shoulder, looking effortlessly chic and oozing glamour.
Sizzling: Emily treated her fans to another glimpse at her phenomenal frame on Saturday as she shared a sizzling throwback snap. Facing away from the camera, the actress flaunted her famously perky posterior
She’s best known as the sexy model from the Blurred Lines video and last month Emily had her dancing shoes on once again.
The Gone Girl star put on a very busty display for the sexy routine, flaunting her abs in a skimpy white bra top and posting the results in an Instagram video.
She teamed the number with a pair of form-fitting jeans which were ripped at the knees and a complementary longline jacket.
Wahey in lingerie: Emily Ratajkowski shared a very busty video of herself dancing in a white bra top and matching outfit last month
Doing her thing: She teamed the number with a pair of form-fitting jeans which were ripped at the knees and a complementary longline jacket
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While the video had no caption attached, she also posted another snap of her look, writing, ‘all white night’ alongside it.
It’s been a busy week for Emily who also attended Soap Glory’s Beauty Boudoir at Wango Tango on Saturday, again sharing her fave moments on social media.
While there, she talked about her dream girl squad.
Loving life: While the video had no caption attached, she also posted another snap of her look, writing, ‘all white night’ alongside it
She’s got the energy: The lovely lady appeared in high spirits as her pal continued to film her eye-popping moves
So nice, she posted it twice: She posted two extra snaps of herself and her look on the social media site
‘In my girl squad, I guess it’s girls but I would have loved to have Prince and I think that he would’ve worked with a girl squad.
‘Beyoncé, obviously. Lemonade is amazing and I think she’d be a really awesome person to hangout with.
‘And then Lena Dunham, I’m lucky to know her in real life and she actually just had her birthday yesterday, she’s a lot of fun.’
A new look: It’s been a busy week for Emily who also attended Soap Glory’s Beauty Boudoir at Wango Tango on Saturday, again sharing her fave moments on social media
Good genes: She also shared a picture of herself out on the town with her gorgeous mother
She also spoke about her ultimate beauty crush, Lily Aldridge.
‘I feel like I’m always referencing her pictures and whenever I’m getting my hair and makeup done I’m looking at things that she’s done. Her and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley – I think they are amazing!’
Finally, the confident beauty spoke about how she learned to feel so good about herself.
She said: ‘I think it’s really about not comparing yourself to other people and realizing especially with your physical body that’s what you’re given and learning to love that and accept that.
‘Realize that everyone feels that way so you might be looking at someone and thinking, “oh they have everything I want” and they’re thinking the same thing.
‘So once you get past that you can start to really like yourself and everyone else around you responds to that as well.’
Body confidence: While at the Soap and Glory event, Emily spoke about how important it is to feel good about yourself
She said: ‘I think it’s really about not comparing yourself to other people and realizing especially with your physical body that’s what you’re given and learning to love that and accept that’
Adding: ‘Realize that everyone feels that way so you might be looking at someone and thinking, “oh they have everything I want” and they’re thinking the same thing’