Born: 4 October 1992, India
Died: NA
Country most active: Canada
Also known as: ਰੂਪੀ ਕੌਰ
The following is excerpted from Infinite Women creator Allison Tyra’s book Uncredited: Women’s Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work.
Women’s lives and bodies are censored in other ways on social media like Facebook and Instagram. In 2015, as part of a university project, poet and artist Rupi Kaur posted a photo of herself with menstrual blood having leaked through her pants and staining the bed she lay on—a situation countless women have experienced. Instagram removed the image, claiming it violated community guidelines and leading to a battle that attracted the attention of millions. Kaur re-posted the image, with the caption “thank you @instagram for providing me with the exact response my work was created to critique. you deleted a photo of a woman who is fully covered and menstruating stating that it goes against community guidelines when your guidelines outline that it is nothing but acceptable. the girl is fully clothed. the photo is mine. it is not attacking a certain group. nor is it spam. and because it does not break those guidelines i will repost it again. i will not apologize for not feeding the ego and pride of misogynist society that will have my body in an underwear but not be okay with a small leak. when your pages are filled with countless photos/accounts where women (so many who are underage) are objectified. pornified. and treated less than human.”