Woman Beautifully Responds to Instagram Removing Her Butt Selfie

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Woman Beautifully Responds to Instagram Removing Her Butt Selfie
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Instagram (http://mashable.com/category/instagram/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) is filled with a bounty of booty, but **t all butt selfies are treated equal.

Meghan Tonjes (http://instagram.com/meghantonjes), a video blogger and musician who is very vocal about body positivity, Instgrammed a photo of her own rear end (in modest black briefs) with the caption "booty appreciation #ho**rmycurves #effyourbeautystandards." She later received an email from Instagram stating that her image had been flagged as offensive due to the site's nudity rules.

See also: It's Okay to Be 'Fat In Public,' Declares Body-Positive Blog (http://mashable.com/2014/02/04/fat-girl-food-squad-blog/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


With ** other way of contesting Instagram's decision privately, Tonjes recorded her eloquent response, entitled "Dear Instagram," on YouTube (watch above). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/23/meghan-tonjes-instagram-butt-selfie/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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