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Is Your Hashtag Banned?

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Instagram bans hashtags that are degrading, but they still aren’t doing a good job. Alexes is back with another podcast, taking Instagram to task for banning certain searchable hashtags, including words that women and men own as positive body image words.

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Update: Instagram lifted the ban on #curvy after an uproar by women. Read more here.

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