Naked on Instagram; what is acceptable and what is not?

Being naked on Instagram, some people have more trouble with it than others. But the fact that we all have an opinion about it is crystal clear. I will immediately bare it all, because my villa backside is also in full glory on the Instagram feed. Don't judge me, don't judge me. I can empathize with both team turtleneck and team crop top. This is what I think about all that nudity on Instagram.

Team turtleneck

I stand with one foot in team turtleneck, because sometimes it’s just smart to get dressed. Your male colleagues see that bare belly button and love handles too. Is that convenient? I don't know. Or if you’re going for a job interview, your potential boss might be a bit put off by all that nude on your social media. Somewhere it’s also a bit private, right? Following some bikini photos in Australia, I got asked by my previous boss if I also sold a certain genre of calendars. You don’t want to hear that. Communication science at the University of Amsterdam shows that we all become a bit uncertain from all that nudity. I compare my belly to Anna Nooshin's and my butt to Doutzen's derrière. You might spontaneously only want to drink celery juice. And sometimes, not always, but sometimes, I find that whole naked Temptation genre on Instagram a bit tacky. A matter of taste.

Team crop top

Okay, and then team crop top, because that’s where my other leg stands. If you post a subtle nude photo, I consider that art. Really, I would hang it at home on the wall. If you do it well, I’d also like to see it in my feed. Moreover, it’s woman empowerment. Embrace your body, because what we see through this movement is that bodies of all shapes and sizes are shared to break the idea of ‘the perfect figure’. And to come back to my own pictures where a bit more skin is visible; those were taken on a continent where it was 40 degrees at that moment. I can deal better with a bare butt if it’s photographed in a logical context. If icicles are hanging from your nose in February, then I think it’s more time for fleece vests instead of photos in underwear and micro bras.

And if you feel insecure, I have a little phrase for you that you sometimes need to mumble to yourself when you see a slim, cellulite-free woman running over a sunny beach: ‘Good for you, the same for me.’ Don’t let it get to you.