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can be insurmountable. We wanted
to reach out to our community and to
the survivors to help them finalize their
journey and move on from the past with
as little cost and trauma possible.
M I: You we re re ce ntly flagged and
re p o r t ed o n Face bo o k and I nstagram for
p o s t i ng i m a g e s o f f e m a l e n i p p l e t a t t o o s
that you did in order to let other women
know about your work. How did that
make you feel?
HD: Being flagged for posting artwork
of nipples on people who are clearly
not posing in a sexual manner and
are not violating social media site
requirements made me feel pretty
bummed but I expected it completely.
I have a small circle of close friends
and most people on my friends list are
strangers. I hope that when people
add me, they are doing so for art
purposes and aren’t easily offended
by the human body and the tattoo
photos that I choose to show. I don’t
know what people expect