Are
Only Certain Types of
Nudity O.K. on Instagram?
Instagram is again coming under fire for its inconsistent treatment of photos of women's bodies. Last week, the company briefly suspended the account of
Vogue's creative director Grace Coddington after she posted a photo of a whimsical sketch
The sketch in question was a self portrait that depicted Coddington lounging in a chair wearing
Only a pair of high heels. Soon after, the photo — Coddington's inaugural post to the service — was ******* and her account was suspended, a move that was quickly called into
question on Twitter.
Realizing its mistake, Instagram hastily reinstated her account and Coddington later
poked fun at the incident in a subsequent post on the service with a**ther, this time censored, sketch.
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