![Illustrator @hildeatalanta1157 is the brains behind The Vulva Gallery<br /><br />A once-thriving #Instagram account filled with Atalanta's colourful drawings of vulvas in all shapes and sizes. Their work had reached hundreds of thousands of people online, helped many feel less insecure about their bodies, and was used as educational tools by the UK’s NHS and Planned Parenthood.<br /><br />The content was even featured in #Netflix's hit show Sex Education.<br /><br />So why did Instagram suspend the page two weeks ago?<br /><br />The platform says The Vulva Gallery didn’t follow community guidelines but creators who post about bodies, sexuality and sexual health have long accused Instagram and other social platforms of applying the rules incorrectly to them, resulting in accounts being suspended or made more difficult for users to find.<br /><br />“It's frustrating to me that it [The Vulva Gallery] is being flagged as nudity or sexualized nudity because it is…just not what this project is about,” Atalanta told Louise Donovan<br /><br />Follow @fullerproject for further reporting on this topic.<br /><br />#SexEducation #SexualHealth #IGBan #SocialMediaCensorship #censorship](https://archive.fullerproject.org/wp-content/plugins/youtube-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Illustrator @hildeatalanta1157 is the brains behind The Vulva Gallery
A once-thriving #Instagram account filled with Atalanta’s colourful drawings of vulvas in all shapes and sizes. Their work had reached hundreds of thousands of people online, helped many feel less insecure about their bodies, and was used as educational tools by the UK’s NHS and Planned Parenthood.
The content was even featured in #Netflix’s hit show Sex Education.
So why did Instagram suspend the page two weeks ago?
The platform says The Vulva Gallery didn’t follow community guidelines but creators who post about bodies, sexuality and sexual health have long accused Instagram and other social platforms of applying the rules incorrectly to them, resulting in accounts being suspended or made more difficult for users to find.
“It’s frustrating to me that it [The Vulva Gallery] is being flagged as nudity or sexualized nudity because it is…just not what this project is about,” Atalanta told Louise Donovan
Follow @fullerproject for further reporting on this topic.
#SexEducation #SexualHealth #IGBan #SocialMediaCensorship #censorship