"Did you see nipple? It only counts if you saw a nipple!"
—Jason, Mean Girls
"So, on December 17th, we will officially be banning all pornographic material on the site. So long, dongs! Vamoose, vaginas! But don't worry, we're inclusive AF, so that ban also only includes... female-presenting nipples."
"The Moderator drew his katana. The target was close.
The Moderator was a feared warrior here in the Facebook metaverse—a vast, digital world in which you could be anyone (pending approval by Facebook), go anywhere (that ads are served), and do anything (that generates ad revenue or is part of a larger revenue-generation strategy). In here, you could be a fierce centaur galloping to work at your virtual office, or a ten-foot-tall Greek god shopping for statement glassware in a simulated Crate & Barrel.
But the metaverse was also a dangerous place, and it was the Moderator’s job to keep it safe. Nazi propaganda, fraud, imagery with visible human female nipple outside the context of art or breastfeeding—there was danger around every corner."
—From "Life in the Fantastic World of the Facebook Metaverse"
by Charlie Dektar, in The New Yorker
by Charlie Dektar, in The New YorkerI forgave the book for [not showing body hair], and then I discovered 'Mr. Browne' has nipples and 'Mrs. Browne' does not. Why?? Are women's nipples offensive to children? Even illustrated ones?
