Scars from breast cancer can be both hard to hide and embarrassing for some women. I wish they werenāt, because scars mean youāre a fighter and a bad ass.
Women have told me after their mastectomy they felt self conscious about someone seeing their chest. My grandmother wore her false breast (she had only one boob removed) around even the house for a long time. (Of course, now when we were taking about the procedure she asked āwant to see my boob?ā And had to go fetch it from the other room. It was an interesting conversation to say the least.)
Anyway, breast reconstruction can be expensive, and some women either donāt want it or canāt have it done for various reasons.
But you know what, chest tattoos are easily accessible. There are even tattoo shops that give discounts to women covering up breast cancer scars. And women who no longer have a nipple? You can get a bad ass tattoo
You can donate to the organization, or if you know a tattoo artist you can let them know they accept volunteers to be a part of their community of artists.
Here is another badass lady and her bad ass tattoo (found on pinterest)
I am sharing this again because @staff might decide this is āadult contentā.
These are cancer survivors reclaiming their bodies.
Banning all āfemale presentingā nipples ignores a commuity of women who are total bad asses who said āfuck youā to their cancer scars and turned them into art.
Not every image of a female nipple should be sexualized. This is not porn, this is courage and strength.
Are the new regulations going to delete this post. Does a post supporting a cancer survivors violate Tumblrās community guidelines?
If it does, maybe the guidelines are wrong, and not the post.
Hey @staff, per your guidelines this isnāt explicit content.
Yet this post was flagged. Maybe figure out an appeal process.
I asked for a review and they responded:
So women reclaiming their bodies after breast cancer is āsensitive contentā and should be hidden from minors.
Tumblr has some messed up morals.
Spreading the word! Messed up morals is putting it nicely. Gonna find more nipples to post.Ā
PLEASE REBLOG!!!Ā So, the OPās post was flagged forĀ āexplicit contentā even though it IS allowed under their current guidelines for adult content.Ā My first reblog was flagged as well.Ā So Iām asking EVERYONE TO REBLOG as a protest for @staffā flagging this content which should be allowed per their own guidelines.
So when New York Cityās Commission on Human Rights issued guidance in December 2015 that strengthened nondiscrimination protections in employment, housing, and public accommodations, it was lauded as a move that would surely help.