We’ve decided to give Mondays some teeth.
This is The Body Was Framed-a new Monday column that unpacks how nudity is manipulated, censored, sexualized, or politicized depending on who’s looking at it and who’s in control of the frame.
Every Monday, we’ll talk about:
- Why some people ‘get away with’ public nudity and others get arrested
- Nudity on camera vs. nudity in real life
- Performance nudity, porn culture, and photo ops that feel like activism
- Power dynamics on set, in media, and in everyday bodies
- The beauty bias in who’s allowed to be seen
It’s sharp, satirical, and unapologetically bare.
Because the body isn’t the problem. The framing is. Some of these posts will be lighthearted. Others will be heavy. We’ll talk about the framing of nudity in media, but also about shame in childhood, sexual curiosity, porn addiction, and how silence shaped our earliest perceptions of the body.
This series isn’t about shock.
It’s about context.
Because so many of us grew up seeing our bodies through someone else’s lens—religion, media, shame, control—and never got the chance to reframe it for ourselves.
Until now.
If you’ve ever felt confused, ashamed, judged, or overlooked when it came to your own skin—this series isn’t here to provoke. It’s here to understand.
Mondays will be honest. Sometimes uncomfortable. But never cruel. We’re not here to expose the body—we’re here to unframe the fear around it.
We’re here to name the frames.
Challenge them.
And maybe—start building new ones.
New post coming next Monday.