New Delhi: Two days ago, Rupi Kaur, who describes herself as a Sikh poet in Canada, posted an image on Instagram.
Instagram, however, thought the picture violated its ‘Community Guidelines’ and took it down immediately.
Was it a nude picture? No. Was it partially nude? No. Was it a sexually suggestive photo? No. Was it violent? Not at all.
It was a photo of a woman menstruating, her bed sheet stained with her blood.
Rupi, who is studying at the University of Waterloo, Canada, responded on her Instagram account: “Help keep @instagram safe from periods. Their patriarchy is leaking. Their misogyny is showing. We won’t be censored.”
Rupi then re-posted the image , and Instagram took it down, once again.
Her 53.2 k followers on Instagram supported her and criticised Instagram’s move.
Then Instagram forwarded her a message in order to make her aware with the Community Guidelines
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Rupi then took to Facebook, Tumblr and other social media accounts to share this message:
