Scout Willis topless Instagram protest: rallies against female nudity policy
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Scout Willis was banned from Instagram for posting a photograph of a sweatshirt she designed featuring two topless women.
"@instagram there is no way 2 contact you directly, I would really appreciate response b/c you took a lot of memories from me b/c u h8 nips," she tweeted at the social site, demanding they reinstate her suspended account.
"Can I please just have all my photos back???" she later added, conceding to the short-term ban. "I won't even have an account anymore I just want my photos!"
She posted again a few hours later to announce her decision to boycott the site, and start a fresh, anonymous account as "an experiment".
"Only beautiful artistic nudes," she wrote. "And let's see how long till I get kicked off."
Little did Instagram expect the protest she was about to stage next, however.
The 22-year-old actress, who is the daughter of Bruce Willis andDemi Moore, went on a topless jaunt around New York City to highlight her disagreement with policies against female nudity.
In one photograph, she is seen shopping for fresh flowers at a market stall entirely bare chested, while in another, she strolls down a Manhattan street wearing nothing but a floral skirt and a pair of tan pumps.
"Legal in NYC but not on @instagram," she captioned one, using the hashtage "#FreeTheNipple".
"What @instagram won't let you see," another was captioned.
She went on to lament Instagram’s seemingly disproportionate rulings on acceptable nudity. At the moment, the image sharing site prohibits all breast exposure – even those posted by breast cancer patients and breast feeding mothers.
"@instagram pictures of breast cancer survivors have been flagged+deleted but this is super #sick and #hot amiright???” she wrote alongside a photograph of billionaire playboy Dan Bilzerian’s account, which is littered with shots of scantily clad glamour models.
Her topless shots were, by and large, well-received and supported. But she did face a small backlash from her followers. "My comfort with my body should not be dictated by how others perceive me," she wrote in response. "However, I don't wish to force this view on anyone."
She also received some criticism after she changed her profile picture to that of Rihanna's topless magazine cover. The singer had her account suspended when she posted her semi-nude appearance on the French publication Lui.
"'@Itz_Nandini: @scout_willis ur profile picture is disgusting' no it's not, it's a celebration of the female body," she replied to one critic.
Instragam later responded, telling Willis it was "happy to reinstate" her account "without the images that don't meet our policies".
"They gave it back, but I don't want it....." she tweeted again in protest.
Under its terms of use, Instagram does indeed instruct users: "You may not post violent, nude, partially nude, discriminatory, unlawful, infringing, hateful, pornographic or sexually suggestive photos or other content via the Service."
Willis' news comes a week after reports a Canadian mother had been banned for posting an image of her breastfeeding her child.
Grace Coddington, US Vogue creative director and former model, was also temporarily banned from Instagram last week after posting a topless line drawn cartoon of herself reclining in a chair.
Re: Scout Willis topless Instagram protest: rallies against female nudity policy
Wait, Scout Willis is 22 already? Jeebus C. Rhyst I'm old!!! :(
OT1H sure, Instagram's a private entity that can set its own terms. True, in the State of NY the law's that as much or little as a man may be dressed in a public place without getting in trouble, so may a woman; but a private merchant can still rule "no shirt, no service" in their premises. However OTOH, they should try for reasonableness -- nursing mothers, before/after pics of cancer survivors, line art cartoon? I can see how that suggests too much of an absolute one-size-fits-all approach.
Re: Scout Willis topless Instagram protest: rallies against female nudity policy
I was surprised reading this that she could walk topless in NYC! You would definitely get arrested for that in LA. I do think what she did is cool though, even if her tweets aren't the most eloquent. Americans are way too uptight about nudity to begin with, but women who've gone through breast cancer should be able to share photos of their battle scars, it's an achievement to survive something like that and shows bravery and courage to not be afraid to show the world.
Re: Scout Willis topless Instagram protest: rallies against female nudity policy
instagram can suck my invisible dick because I apparently had a some what see thru top on in one of my pics and they deleted my account and I even sent an apology email but to no avail. . .
Re: Scout Willis topless Instagram protest: rallies against female nudity policy
OH GOD NOT BOOBS!?!?! WHAT WILL THE CHILDREN THINK!?
Seriously, this country needs to stop suppressing sex. We don't have a problem with showing beheadings or other gruesome bits, but to let a child see that someone has a natural body like EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING ON THE PLANET is just the worst.
It's seriously appalling.
Re: Scout Willis topless Instagram protest: rallies against female nudity policy
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DDuckworth
OH GOD NOT BOOBS!?!?! WHAT WILL THE CHILDREN THINK!?
Seriously, this country needs to stop suppressing sex. We don't have a problem with showing beheadings or other gruesome bits, but to let a child see that someone has a natural body like EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING ON THE PLANET is just the worst.
It's seriously appalling.
No, we prefer to have our children playing with an uzi rather than having them see breasts. They grow up much healthier that way!