This pixelated painting confronts the ways social media platforms censor images of women’s bodies, specifically nipples and menstruation through their community guidelines. What appears as a neutral content policy is, in practice, a mechanism of control. It dictates what can be seen, shared, and discussed, and in doing so, restricts women’s freedom of expression over theirown bodies.

Why is a woman’s nipple treated as something shameful, while a man’s isn’t? Why is menstruation, something so natural and common, treated like a secret? These aren’t just platform rules. They come from an old idea that women’s bodies, especially anything to do with their sexuality or biology, shouldn’t be spoken about openly. That idea still shapes what we re allowed to post, see, and talk about today.

By pixelating the painting itself, I mimic the very censorship I’m critiquing, making the mechanism visible rather than invisible. The obscured image asks viewers to confront their own reactions; What do we expect to see? What are we told not to look at? And who gets to decide?

Ultimately, this work questions whose bodies are permitted visibility, and whose autonomy is quietly legislated through algorithm and policy.