Women Are Protesting Instagram’s #Curvy Ban With Body-Positive Photos

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Last week it was made public that ;Instagram had blocked users from searching the tag “curvy.” ; Instagram told BuzzFeed ;that curvy is no longer searchable because “it was being used to share images and videos that violated Instagram’s community guidelines around nudity.” The body-positive women of Instagram, however, are having none of it. ; After BuzzFeed pointed out on July 14 ;that Instagram had made the term “curvy” unsearchable, many women took to the social media platform to protest the ban. Using hashtags such as #BringCurvyBack, #Curvee ;and #EffYourBeautyStandards, ;women of all shapes, sizes and colors posted photos of their beautiful curves to prove their bodies will not be censored. ; Bring it back . So when body acceptance is…

Last week it was made public that ;Instagram had blocked users from searching the tag “curvy.” ; Instagram told BuzzFeed ;that curvy is no longer searchable because “it was being used to share images and videos that violated Instagram’s community guidelines around nudity.”

The body-positive women of Instagram, however, are having none of it. ;

After BuzzFeed pointed out on July 14 ;that Instagram had made the term “curvy” unsearchable, many women took to the social media platform to protest the ban. Using hashtags such as #BringCurvyBack, #Curvee ;and #EffYourBeautyStandards, ;women of all shapes, sizes and colors posted photos of their beautiful curves to prove their bodies will not be censored. ;

;Instagram has a history of coming under fire for censoring women’s bodies, specifically ;women’s nipples, body hair ;and menstrual blood. There is certainly an argument to be made for preventing users from searching hashtags that are primarily populated by nudity, which goes against Instagram’s community guidelines. However, the body-positive tag #Curvy has been blocked, while terms such as ;#Fatf**k ;and #Pussys ;(*warning* super duper NSFW) are still searchable. ;

As Instagram user Poppybirrd ;pointed out: “So Instagram deleted #Curvy because of pornographic content but the hashtag tittyf**k is still very much alive and active.” ;

“We’re still gonna post our big beautiful fat bodies and we will celebrate them whether you like it or not ;#BringBackCurvy,” user Allasonlewis ;wrote in a post beneath her selfie. ;

User Chicainthecity23 ;perfectly summed up the body-positive protest, writing, “We exist!!”

;Yes, #Curvy women do exist and they will not be silenced. Take a look at the gorgeous body-positive women below who are protesting Instagram’s #Curvy ban, one photo at a time. ;

Instagram is a shambles for deleting this word. You can't stop us! #Curvee

A photo posted by Steph ✌ ️ (@mcstephanton) on

We exist!! #bringbackcurvy #curves #curvy #psblogger #fashionblogger #psfashion #curvee

A photo posted by Karen A. (@chicainthecity) on

Man. With so many issues and all of the controversy going on why is it so hard to just accept that people maybe want to be themselves and actually like themselves? Like why is that such a hard thing to swallow!? It disgusts me to no end that @Instagram banned curvy and CaitlynJenner because they don't know how to police their own application. However hashtags like fatpig, fatass, bitch, cunt, faggot, hate, anorexia, bulimia and all sorts of other crazy ass hashtags still fucking exist! They can stand behind their reasoning of it being misused by porn but tittyfuck is an appropriate hashtag?! #bringbackcurvy #StillCurvy Also still, fuck you Oprah! No I'm not one of those people that's a bandwagoner for a day or two and forget about that shit!! I'm rocking the fuck out of this crop top. Use some of that money to buy some fucking confidence. #rockthecroptop #pullingoffacroptop And lastly fuck all of these Caitlyn Jenner haters. Seriously! Someone who is happy in their own life has no need to even comment negatively on someone else's life. Especially when it does not involve you… At all! Y'all bitches need to find some inner peace and let go of shit. #Loveyourself #selflove #bodylove #positivebodyimage #loveyourbody #loveeverybody #effyourbeautystandards #nobodyshame #mylifemyway #effyourhealthstandards #losehatenotweight #fatgirl #curvee #fatandfabulous #chubby #bbw #plussizemodel #plussize #fatlife #behappy #beyou #fuckflattering #bodypositive #bopo #bigandblunt #pizzasisters4lyfe

A photo posted by Kandi Kalistar (@kandikalistar) on

#BringCurvyBack because Instagram banned it. #Curvee #WilhelminaCurve • from my test shoot with @nicolelebriscreative

A photo posted by Olivia Wilson (@ohhdoubleyou) on

So Instagram has removed 2 of my favourite hashtags, curvy & booty, yet I scroll through other tags on Instagram and there are still inappropriate/pornographic images and videos being posted. Banning a hashtags which is attached to body positivity is not going to stop innappropriate content being posted, it just moves the problem elsewhere and before long, there will be no body positive hashtags left. I use the report function at least 10 times on a daily basis and surely Instagram can think of a better way to target the minority of people posting shit rather than banning hashtags and spoiling it for the rest of us. Just my opinion. #stillcurvy #effyourbeautystandards #honormycurves #honoryourcurves #CelebrateMySize #plusmodelmag #plus_isamust #plussize #plussizemodel #whatiwore #curvee #leopard #leopardprint #redhead #thick #thickgirl #thickthighs #ootd #skorchmagazine #styleatanysize #styleissizeless #datbootydoe #squats #fatchick #fatshion #pale #curves #curvygirls #beautywithplus #psfashion

A photo posted by Chelsea (@thechelseasmilex) on

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Women Are Protesting Instagram’s #Curvy Ban With Body-Positive Photos