Instagram Apologizes & Reposts Censored Period Photos After Open Letter

So how does this story end? Well, Rupi's activism - read open letter to Instagram here - worked and the photo has been posted back by Instagram! More importantly, the young woman has started a conversation that might help a few women out there come out of their prison of silence on their periods. Kudos to her! Read Instagram's apology below...

See Graphic Period Pictures Censored By Instagram + Poster's MUST-READ Open Letter

Rupi Kaur, a Sikh poet studying at the University of Waterloo, Canada, posted an image of her during her period as part of her photo-series project for a visual rhetoric course on Instagram. The photo shows Rupi in bed with a patch of menstrual blood which had stained the same sweatpants she's wearing above, and had also leaked on the bedsheet.

The photo was subsequently taken down by Instagram citing violation of the 'Community Guidelines'. Though not outrightly against any overt photo guidelines on Instagram, I imagine several people who saw the photo were offended and reported to the site to take it down, and they did. However, Rupi decided to re-post the photo and wrote a powerful open letter to accompany. See the photo and read her post below...

'I Have Stretch Marks, and I Wear a Bikini' - Photo Of Flabby Mom of 3 Goes Viral

The bikini photo below of 32 year old mom of 3, Rachel Hollis, has gone viral on Facebook with over 380K likes and tens of millions of views. And yet she was only trying to encourage other moms to own their flabby tummys and not be ashamed to show it off. Rachel's children are aged 8, 6 and 2 and it was during one of their few family vacations that her husband took the picture. She wrote with the photo;

"I have stretch marks, and I wear a bikini. I have a belly that's permanently flabby from carrying three giant babies, and I wear a bikini. My belly button is saggy ... (which is something I didn't even know was possible before!!) and I wear a bikini. I wear a bikini because I'm proud of this body and every mark on it. Those marks prove that I was blessed enough to carry my babies and that flabby tummy means I worked hard to lose what weight I could. Flaunt that body with pride!"

Oby Ezekwesili, Chief Nike Davis And More Leading Women At IWD Event [Photos]

Co-Founder of The Life House, Ugoma Adegoke, last weekend hosted leading women across different fields for the 5th edition of the “Woman Rising”.

Held annually, “Woman Rising” celebrates the International Women’s day with a series of inspiring and thought-provoking events. This year’s event was held over Saturday, the 21st of March 2015 and Sunday, the 22nd of March 2015 and was hosted by Kemi "Lala" Akindoju and Aderonke Adebanjo.

10 Very Important Safety Tips For The Upcoming Nigerian Elections

I saw this on Facebook, and knowing how various Nigerian media outlets have been hinting at insecurity around the forthcoming elections, I decided to share it here. Please my people in Nigeria, try to vote, but stay safe. These tips will help those who are not sure what to do. Take care.

1.  Food
Stock up on food and water (at least 1 week’s supply) in case Markets and stores aren’t open or you can’t go out. Prioritise non-perishable food like those stored in cans over fresh food that takes time to cook and requires freezing (in case the power in your area is cut off). Don’t forget about cooking Gas! Or Kerosene.

Viral Video - 6 Years & 2 Daughters Later, Woman Gets Adorable Proposal From Her Man

Scott Dunga Worgan from Australia recently set a trend for enlisting the help of adorable children in a wedding proposal for that unbeatable aww factor. The inventive dad worked with his two daughters; Scarlett, 3, and 20-month-old Sienna, in creating a cute video proposal for his girlfriend and their mother, Caitlin Miller.

The girls then kept the video a secret from their mother for three weeks before Worgan, an IT worker, finally popped the question last Friday to his partner of six years. Mr Worgan's video proposal to Ms Miller went viral after he posted it on Facebook.

Pastor Dies In Front Of Congregation Immediately After Confessing He Cheated on Wife

A US pastor reportedly died immediately after confessing to his congregation that he had cheated on his wife of over 50 years by having an affair. Bishop Bobby Davis of the Miracle Faith World Outreach church in Connecticut US, asked his congregants to stay after his sermon on March 9 so that he could ask their forgiveness for his sins.

Emotions were apparently running high after Davis confessed his unfaithfulness, Judy Stovall, who said she witnessed the bizarre incident, told the Connecticut Post. She said congregants shouted that they forgave him and told him they loved him.

Avoid Men - 115 Year Old Advices Women Who Want To Live Long

At 115 years of age, Emma Morano is not just the oldest person in Europe, she is also the fifth oldest living person in the world. Emma has an advice for ladies who want to live long like her, she says they should avoid men. Emma herself had been married once, in 1938, but it ended after the death of her young son.

After that she had “plenty of suitors but she refused to settle down for a second time, "I didn’t want to be dominated by anyone, I just avoid them”.

Kirk Franklin Slams Creflo Dollar For His $65 Million Public Appeal To Buy A Private Jet

Popular prosperity preacher and tele-evangelist Creflo Dollar was a few weeks ago shamed into deleting a public fundraising campaign to raise $65 Million to buy a new private jet for himself [read here]. The money was supposedly to help him and his ministry “continue to blanket the globe with the Gospel of grace.” The fundraiser urged 200,000 people to contribute 300 US dollars each to purchase the Gulfstream G-650 jet.

But many wondered why he needed to buy the most expensive private jet in the world, and why he needed to ask his congregation and the public to buy it for him. What happened to buying an affordable private jet with his own millions?

Tonto Dikeh Rocks Sexy Bra & Panties In PLAY Album Art Photos

Tonto Dikeh, under her music stage name, Pokolee is out with a new single titled PLAY, a collabo with dancehall artiste, Nedu. The actress cum singer is also showing off a new look in the promo pictures of the album art for the song.

Rocking short red hair with a full bang, Tonto is dressed in a sexy black lace enhanced yellow bra and matching high waist panties, with a fur coat and loads of gold jewellery completing the look. More photos below..