Nipple Pasty Press

2021

Instagram Censored a Pedro Almodóvar Poster (and Then Apologized)

2020

The Nib: Flagged, by Katie Wheeler

2019

New York Times: Will Instagram Ever ‘Free The Nipple’?, by Julia Jacobs

ArtNews: Instagram holds closed-door roundtable with artists on art and nudity, by Maximilliano Durón

Hyperallergic: Instagram held a private meeting with artists about its nudity policies, by Kate Gill

Observer: Instagram Wants to be More Artist Friendly: Here’s What It Needs To Do, by Helen Holmes

Dazed Digital

Other Digital Male Nipple pasty news:

LA Weekly: Best of L.A. Artists: Micol Hebron, by Shana Nys Dambrot

ArtDaily: Nude Art Action at Facebook headquarters calls out censorship

Art Dependence: Facebook Agrees to Reconsider Artistic Nudity Policy

HyperAllergenic: A Woman’s Work is Never Done (Or, Too Often, Is Done and Attributed to a Man)

Artsy: Facebook will reconsider its nudity guidelines following outcry from photographers.

Daily Beast: The Male Nipple Is Free. The Female Nipple, Not So Much.

ArtNet News: After Criticism, Facebook Agrees to Meet With Artists and Curators to Discuss the Censorship of Art on Its Site

2018

The Verge: Turns out Facebook moderation sucks because its guidelines suck

Yale University Press, Tarleton Gillespie: Custodians of the Internet

ArtNet News: ‘A New Model for Public Art’: With ‘Coordinates’ Feature, 4th Wall App Allows Users to View Artist-Designed AR Projects

2017

SagePub: Uncovering the nipple cover-up: The battle to give the female nipple equal rights as one woman heads to the Supreme Court. Plus, a cut-out-and-keep male nipple for social media use

Pacific Standard: WILL THE FREE THE NIPPLE CAMPAIGN LEAD TO GENDER EQUALITY? AN EXPERT WEIGHS IN

The Odyssey: Why Are Topless Men So Accepted Vs. Topless Women?

2016

L.A. Times: Social media have become a vital tool for artists — but are they good for art?

Huff Post: 'Photoshop The Nipple' Is A Hilarious Solution To Ridiculous Censorship Of Women's Bodies

Bitch Media: CENSOR THIS! FIVE ART PROJECTS CHALLENGING SOCIAL MEDIA OBSCENITY RULES

E. Entertainment: Pics: OITNB's Matt McGorry backs the #FreetheNipple campaign on Instagram

HerFamily: Hilarious #FreeTheNipple campaign calls out sexist social media rules

2015

Milk Made: Male Nipple Template’ Takes on Social Media Sexism

Men’s Health: Why Are Women’s Nipples Banned in Public and on Instagram, but Men’s Nipples Aren’t?

Huff Post Art’s and Culture: The Nipples of Art History Get an Instagram-Friendly Makeover

Politiken: Denne brystvorte er ikke for freak til Facebook

Vocative: The Artist Who Hacked Instagram’s No Female Nipple Policy

NY Magazine, The Cut: Women Can Show Nipples on Instagram…Sort Of

New York Times: Women Protesting Instagram Censorship by Photoshopping Male Nipples on Their Own

Good: Nipple-Advocates Hack Sexist Internet Breast Censorship

Huffington Post: Women Take on Body Censorship With Help From Male Nipples and Photoshop

Dazed Digital: Women are using male nipples to protest Instagram censorship

The Guardian: How to beat Instagram and Facebook’s female nipple ban? Use Male nipples instead

Buzzfeed: Women Are Fighting Boob Censorship by Photoshopping Themselves with Male Nipples

Mashable: Women are Photoshopping male nipples over their own to protest Instagram’s censorship

Distractify: Women Are Using Men’s Nipples to Fight Bogus Nudity Policies

Citizens of Culture: Feminist Firesides: Micol Hebron, Micha Cardenas, Edxie Betts

Daily Emerald: Selcer: Regarding the moral panic of women’s nipples on Instagram

Mic: Here's What the Free the Nipple Movement Has Really Accomplished

attn: There's Some Controversy Brewing in the #FreetheNipple Hashtag Campaign

Women’s Views on News: Free the Nipple?

Tender: ‘NO MORE PAGE3’ VS ‘FREE THE NIPPLE’

Chapman University: Male Nipple Template to FreeTheNipple and Micol Hebron go viral

Brit+Co: Why #FreetheNipple Is an Instagram Trend You Should Pay Attention To

The Mary Sue: Recent #FreetheNipple Campaign Fails to Credit the Artist Who Started It

Bird In Flight: Flashmob in Defense of Female Nipples Comes Back to Life on Instagram

Quartz: Women tired of Instagram’s double standards are superimposing men’s nipples onto their own

Perth Now: OITNB’s Matt McGorry posts topless pic for #FreeTheNipple with Miley Cyrus’ and Chrissy Teigen’s boobs

Eideard: BEAT INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK’S FEMALE NIPPLE BAN? USE MALE NIPPLES!

sheKnows: Women are putting male nipples over their own to call out censorship hypocrisy

2OceansVibe: The Instagram Nipple Issue Is Getting Out Of Hand

i-D: the #freethenipple movement co-opts male nipples

CafeMom: 'Photoshop the Nipple' Campaign Shows Absurdity of Banning Breasts (PHOTOS)

The Daily Dot: How the latest #freethenipple campaign stole an artist’s clever idea

Pedestrian: #FreeTheNipple: Women Are Covering Their Offending Nipples With Male Ones

Cosmopolitan: #FreeTheNipple Is Trending To Fight Instagram, But It's Not Exactly A Good Thing

Women in the World: Women protesting Instagram censorship by photoshopping male nipples on their own

RT: Women photoshop men's nipples onto breasts to protest ‘sexist’ social media policies

Mirror: Women fight back against social media boob block by photoshopping in men's nipples

Paper Mag: Women Are Protesting Instagram Censorship with Male Nipples

Daily Life: Women are photoshopping male nipples onto their breasts to avoid censorship

Bustle: Women Are Pasting Male Nipples Over Photographs Of Breasts To Protest Censorship On Social Media

Scoop Whoop: Women Are Opposing Instagram By Photoshopping Male Nipples Over Their Own

Cosmopolitan: Women Are Fighting Back Against Topless Photo Censorship With Nipples

Elle: Will male nipples help the censorship battle?

Indy100: Instagram is flummoxed by men's nipples photoshopped on to women's bodies

Dose: #FreeTheNipple encourages women to Photoshop male nipples onto their breasts

Complex: Women Are Using Men's Nipples to Fight Back at Instagram Censorship

Elite Daily: Women Are Battling Censorship By Photoshopping Male Nipples On Themselves

The Society Pages: SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE BODY: The nipple

Upriser: Women Are Using Men’s Nipples On Social Media Pictures To Fight Nudity Rules

Women Have Wings: Micol Hebron, Artist

Independent: Pussy Riot to open 'women's-only' museum

GlassTire: Micol Hebron Banned from Facebook for Posting Glasstire Article About Being Banned from Facebook

2014

ChatsAboutChange: Micol Hebron

Huffington Post: Women Take On Body Censorship With Help From Male Nipples And Photoshop

HyperAllergenic: Your Concise Guide to Social Media’s Female Nipple Policies

Art of Feminism: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality, 1857-2017,

by Hilary Robinson, Helena Reckitt, et al

Featuring the Male Nipple Pasty on pages 185 and 194

Custodians of the Internet, by Tarleton Gillespie

featuring the Male Nipple Pasty on page 167

Inappropriate Bodies: Art, Design, and Maternity, by Rachell Epp Buller and Charles Reeve

Male Nipple Pasty featured on pages 91-97

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