Emma Shapiro – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/emma-shapiro/ Sensitive to Art & its Discontents Fri, 20 Jan 2023 18:17:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/cropped-Hyperallergic-favicon-100x100.png Emma Shapiro – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/emma-shapiro/ 32 32 118955609 Will Meta Finally Lift Its Female Nipple Ban? https://hyperallergic.com/794626/will-meta-finally-lift-its-female-nipple-ban/ https://hyperallergic.com/794626/will-meta-finally-lift-its-female-nipple-ban/#respond Thu, 19 Jan 2023 22:16:35 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=794626 An oversight board made recommendations against the company’s restrictive female nudity policies. Will Instagram comply?]]>

An oversight board made recommendations against the company’s restrictive female nudity policies. Will Instagram comply?

]]> https://hyperallergic.com/794626/will-meta-finally-lift-its-female-nipple-ban/feed/ 0 794626 Artistic Freedom Reaches “Lowest Point” in Years, Human Rights Advocates Warn https://hyperallergic.com/787546/artistic-freedom-reaches-lowest-point-in-years-human-rights-advocates-warn/ https://hyperallergic.com/787546/artistic-freedom-reaches-lowest-point-in-years-human-rights-advocates-warn/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:30:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=787546 Rising traditionalism, conservatism, and populism have resulted in major discrimination against women and the LGBTQIA+ artistic community.]]>

Rising traditionalism, conservatism, and populism have resulted in major discrimination against women and the LGBTQIA+ artistic community.

]]> https://hyperallergic.com/787546/artistic-freedom-reaches-lowest-point-in-years-human-rights-advocates-warn/feed/ 1 787546 The Future of Art Censorship Is Being Decided Without Artists https://hyperallergic.com/772179/the-future-of-art-censorship-is-being-decided-without-artists/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:26:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=772179 And it’s mostly our own fault.]]>

And it’s mostly our own fault.

]]> 772179 Artists Tell Instagram: We’re Done! https://hyperallergic.com/760697/artists-tell-instagram-were-done/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 21:38:36 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=760697 Artists are resorting to platforms like Onlyfans and Pornhub to show work that was banned from the social media network.]]>

Artists are resorting to platforms like Onlyfans and Pornhub to show work that was banned from the social media network.

]]> 760697 Why Does Instagram Think My Artwork is Soliciting Sex? https://hyperallergic.com/723541/why-does-instagram-think-my-artwork-is-soliciting-sex/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 22:13:19 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=723541 Instagram’s new “sexual solicitation” notification used in a misguided purge of “sexual” material is not only wrong, it's also offensive.]]>

Instagram’s new “sexual solicitation” notification used in a misguided purge of “sexual” material is not only wrong, it's also offensive.

]]> 723541 When We Confuse the Artist’s Muse with the Artist’s Model https://hyperallergic.com/706883/when-we-confuse-the-artists-muse-with-the-artists-model/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 22:02:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=706883 Our culture seems obsessed with the artist/model relationship, portrayed in countless movies and narratives as a relationship that is lustful and scandalous.]]>

Our culture seems obsessed with the artist/model relationship, portrayed in countless movies and narratives as a relationship that is lustful and scandalous.

]]> 706883 An Antidote to Instagram’s Toxicity Is Already in Our Hands https://hyperallergic.com/697635/antidote-to-instagram-toxicity-is-already-in-our-hands/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 21:27:42 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=697635 The body positivity movement is an asset that Instagram seems reticent to put forward as the resource it is.]]>

The body positivity movement is an asset that Instagram seems reticent to put forward as the resource it is.

]]> 697635 Free the Nipple: A History of a Hidden Movement https://hyperallergic.com/681937/free-the-nipple-a-history-of-a-hidden-movement/ https://hyperallergic.com/681937/free-the-nipple-a-history-of-a-hidden-movement/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:37:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=681937 While court cases have helped to shape this movement from the 1930s until today, the social-media landscape has generally remained deaf to calls for change. ]]>

While court cases have helped to shape this movement from the 1930s until today, the social-media landscape has generally remained deaf to calls for change.

]]> https://hyperallergic.com/681937/free-the-nipple-a-history-of-a-hidden-movement/feed/ 1 681937 Facebook’s Censoring of Women’s Bodies is Nipocrisy https://hyperallergic.com/673311/facebook-censoring-of-womens-bodies-is-nipocrisy/ Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:08:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=673311 As long as Facebook and Instagram maintain a policy that female nipples are offensive and male nipples are not, they get to decide whose bodies count as valid for public viewing and whose bodies don't.]]>

As long as Facebook and Instagram maintain a policy that female nipples are offensive and male nipples are not, they get to decide whose bodies count as valid for public viewing and whose bodies don't.

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