Ashley Wells Jackson of the 4th Trimester Project is fighting back against social media sites that keep removing pictures of “women showcasing themselves in a nonsexual way.” Facebook, however, defends its strict policy against any child nudity.
4th Trimester Bodies Project / Via Ashlee Wells Jackson
When her photo project 4th Trimester Bodies went viral last year, founder Ashlee Wells Jackson was excited to celebrate women's post-pregnancy bodies, "stretches, stripes, scars and all."
Since starting the project, Jackson and her partner Laura Weetzie Wilson have photographed nearly 500 women, filmed a documentary, and signed a three-book deal — all in an effort to embrace how the body changes after pregnancy.
As part of the project, Jackson and Wilson have posted images of women's postpartum bodies (like the ones above and below) on their Facebook and Instagram accounts. But now, after images that include nonsexual nudity or child nudity have been removed from their social media accounts, they are struggling to keep 4th Trimester Bodies alive.
The project's Instagram account has been shut down nine times, Jackson said. And she's been locked out of her Facebook account multiple times.
4thtrimesterbodies.com / Via Ashlee Wells Jackson
"We started in project in June 2013," Jackson said. "By August we had started to have trouble with images of women in their bras and underwear being pulled from our Instagram and Facebook accounts."
By October, 4th Trimester Bodies had already seen two of its Instagram accounts totally deleted, including Jackson's personal account, which she had used to document her life with her own children.
On Facebook, the group faced similar difficulties in the fall. Its Facebook page, which had about 12,000 likes, was disabled after Jackson was locked out of her account for 100 days.
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