Our bodies also need to be valued and respected! by Carol Constantino

Kim Kardashian is a famous socialite, who stands out in the fashion industry, on television and everywhere she goes. With more than 120 million followers and followers on her Instagram (@kimkardashian), she posts photos and receives many compliments due to her undeniable sensuality and beauty.

That's what happened when she posted a beautiful photograph, worthy of being compared to a work of art, in which she displays an intense look, her "perfect body" and full of curves, covering only her private parts with a small scarf and part of her breasts with your hands.

After seeing this image, the American influencer, Alex Danci, posted, on her social network ( @wheelchair_rapunzel ), a reproduction of the same scene, bringing only a small difference: she is a woman with a disability and, instead of the "perfect body" , she showed off her real body and full of self-love.


However, unlike what happened with Kardashian, Alex's photo was denounced and censored by the Instagram team, who claimed that the image violated the terms of nudity and pornography.

Unsatisfied, Alex posted the photograph again, but this time with a little censorship, so as not to be deleted, and, in the caption, vented about what happened:

"...On October 20, 2018 I posted this photo, uncensored. Just hours after I posted it, Instagram deleted it, claiming I violated 'nudity and pornography terms'. In my photo my nipples and genitalia were fully covered as Kim's - pretty much the same photo. (...) [Instagram reported that] Kim's photo did not violate any terms. How can that be? How my photo violated the nudity terms and hers no? If this happened because I am a woman with a disability / with a disabled body or because Kim is a celebrity and I am not.. it is not right! By Instagram deleting this photo, they are preventing people like me from bringing representation for bodies with disabilities and empowering people with bodies of ALL types to feel sexy and confident with their existence.

I put the censor on this photo so Instagram wouldn't delete it again or potentially deactivate my account. I shouldn't have to do this because someone was uncomfortable looking at my body. I deserve the same right as Kim to have my original photo. I sent a message to Instagram asking them to put my original photo back...but have not heard back.

(...) Let's continue the FIGHT to show the whole world that disabled bodies DO exist and that they are SENSUAL and should have equal rights on social media. I will continue to empower all people to feel beautiful in their skin. Representation is important. Let's blow this shit up..."
Alex Danci - translation Carol Constantino.

Aline Carvalho is also a woman with a disability and, on her social network (@carvalholine), she says she does not agree with the censorship of Instagram: "... society preaches that it cannot be seen, touched and cannot be considered sexy. Extremely upset with the unfortunate attitude of Instagram... Our body is normal, our body also has beauty. That's why I encourage wheelchair women to love their bodies and seek their sensuality, and value themselves and show their power to the world".

One in four women has a disability and, even so, we remain invisible due to the great prejudice against our bodies. We need to normalize and value bodies with disabilities, so that they are respected, seen as beautiful and exalted in their beauty.