Nude Blogger Claps Back at Instagram Guidelines
After Instagram deactivated her account, @TheNudeBlogger, for three weeks, body positivity blogger Jessa O'Brien got her page back - and proceeded to send a strong message to the social media site.
"The deactivation of my account actually proved to be one of the best things to happen for my message about body-positivity," she wrote. "What success we've had! It's been an absolute whirlwind ... making headlines all around the world! A win for body-positivity and a win against Instagram."
O'Brien also thanked both her fans and critics for bringing awareness to her story. "YOU have given body-positivity an even louder voice and a place well-deserved at the forefront of many more people's minds," she wrote.
This is not the first time O'Brien used the picture to send a message to Instagram. The blogger posted the picture to a backup account she created when her original Instagram page was first disabled. It was O'Brien's first time showing her face in the 10 months since she created her blog. She captioned the shot:
F*ck you @instagram And your double standards And your blurred guidelines And your lack of transparency And your unaccountability And your censorship And your inconsistent policing And your dictatorship F*ck you @instagram 🖕🏼 Just so you know, there is a real person behind this account. My name is Jessa.
According to O'Brien's blog, her Instagram account was deactivated in late July "without any warning whatsoever" from Instagram. When notifying the blogger her account had been deactivated, Instagram said O'Brien had violated their terms.
According to Instagram's community guidelines, photos and videos that include "sexual intercourse, genitals, and close-ups of fully-nude buttocks" are not allowed on the site. "Some photos of female nipples" are banned on the site, with the exception of photos of breastfeeding and mastectomy scarring. While waiting for Instagram to get back to her about reactivating her account, O'Brien created a second Instagram account, posting pictures from her first account on the page, like this one:
"Let's talk BODY POSITIVITY ❤️ ," the blogger captioned it. "For me, it means accepting, embracing and honouring our body, the sacred vessel in which our Soul resides 💖 It is about empowering ourselves and breaking free of the shackles of society's 'beauty standards'."
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