EXPOSURE THERAPY

I started the Exposure Therapy project in 2017 out of frustration with the way my body and artwork is sexualized without my intent or consent.

I use my own nude body in my artwork, focused on issues of identity and memory— not intentionally engaging with sexual subject-matter. However, when I tried to get my work printed, I was often refused service or even at times loudly shamed in front of other customers for submitting “pornography”. When I pressed for a reason for this categorization, I always received the same answer:  “It shows your nipples.”

Now, increasingly, I face sexist censorship on social media due to the same concerns (sexualization-without-intent/consent, the female nipple, “nudity”). The censorship I experience actively limits my reach and success as a practicing professional artist. It is sexist discrimination.

I created the Exposure Therapy Project to expose the hypocrisy of sexist censorship and promote body neutrality, because female-presenting nipple censorship is just the “nip” of the iceberg of body-equality and gender-based-discrimination.

Thanks to supporters, Exposure Therapy has reached 40 countries and counting…

Find out more about the project (and order your stickers to join the movement!) at EXPOSURETHERAPYPROJECT.COM & @Nipeople

Exposure Therapy has been featured by the following groups and publications:

EFF

Feminist

Creme Guides

Hyperallergic

Freemuse

Art Versus The Algorithm podcast

FotoFemme United

RISD XYZ

Awesome Without Borders

The Rebirth Cirlce podcast

HappyGals podcast