https://twitter.com/margarita/status/715346256642572288
Piers Morgan got into a Twitter-spat with supermodel Emily Ratajkowski yesterday after she shared this selfie with Kim Kardashian of both women topless and flipping the bird to the camera.
Morgan told Ratajkowski and Kardashian to “try wearing a little dignity” instead:
Classy ladies. Real classy. https://t.co/DOG9gjP6z4
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 30, 2016
Just a thought @KimKardashian @emrata – but you could always try wearing a little dignity?pic.twitter.com/ce4qEvn0ls
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 30, 2016
Morgan was so offended by the pic that he posted it a second time, this time declaring it as evidence that feminism is “dead”:
If women genuinely think this photo advocates women's rights & equality, then feminism as it was intended is dead. pic.twitter.com/8Anm7yPYfI
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 31, 2016
And a third:
RIP feminism. pic.twitter.com/dqxKla2i5Q
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 30, 2016
More deep thoughts from Morgan on the true meaning of feminism:
It's supposed to be the advocacy of women's rights & equality with men.
Not, I dare to suggest, topless selfies. https://t.co/XtaogLmJ8t— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 31, 2016
Oh Emily, enough of this nonsensical pseudo-feminist gibberish. If not for me, then for Emmeline. https://t.co/VuMgX6KWQW
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 30, 2016
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I don't dispute their right to get their kit off & flick the bird to millions of strangers.
It's just tacky. https://t.co/VCnMMVNDoh— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 30, 2016
Not everyone agreed with Morgan’s take on feminism, as you might expect:
@piersmorgan is a body-shaming, slut-shaming, female-shaming piece of shit who needs to delete his fucking Twitter.
— meelah (@hotsauxxe) March 30, 2016
@piersmorgan I profoundly disagree, I wouldn't do it, but feminism is the right to do it.
— ??????? (@KirstieMAllsopp) March 30, 2016
And if we’re talking about dignity…
https://twitter.com/oot_ma_nut/status/715281495968129024
man who hacked the phone of a dead child talks about dignity https://t.co/oLvjMupqTE
— alex (@al0nsy) March 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/_ConorLynn/status/715264431949799424
You weren't particularly dignified when you were involved with phone hacking at the daily mirror Piers?? https://t.co/zoqhu12sT1
— VOTE LABOUR ??? (@GOTHFALAFEL) March 30, 2016
Ratajkowski’s defended the photo saying, “there must be a space where women can still be sexual when they choose to be”:
However sexual our bodies may be, we need to hve the freedom as women to choose whn & how we express our sexuality. pic.twitter.com/1KK0MtXRuv
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) March 30, 2016
We are more than just our bodies, but that doesn't mean we have to be shamed for them or our sexuality. #liberated
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) March 30, 2016
Even if being sexualized by society's gaze is demeaning, there must be a space where women can still be sexual when they choose to be.
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) March 30, 2016
"Why demonize female sexuality if only to keep us in the dark about the power and beauty of our bodies?" @guerrillafem
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) March 30, 2016
You’ve come a long way, baby.
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