--- title: Kim Kardashian Emily Ratajkowski Selfie: Free the Nipple description: Unsurprisingly, Free the Nipple founder Lina Esco wasn't a fan of the black bars. Read her response to Kim Kardashian and Emily Ratajkowski's topless selfie. canonical: https://time.com/4278064/kim-kardashian-emily-ratajkowski-free-the-nipple/ author: Robin Hilmantel article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-31T19:30:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:09.305Z og:title: Kim Kardashian Emily Ratajkowski Selfie: Free the Nipple og:description: Unsurprisingly, Free the Nipple founder Lina Esco wasn't a fan of the black bars. Read her response to Kim Kardashian and Emily Ratajkowski's topless selfie. og:url: https://time.com/4278064/kim-kardashian-emily-ratajkowski-free-the-nipple/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdee4b6452598d8b/69888d45cd1bba53fc7000eb/kim-kardashian-nude-selfie-free-nipple.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4216 og:image:height: 2372 og:image:alt: Kim Kardashian Presents New Fashion Collection In Sao Paulo og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kim Kardashian Emily Ratajkowski Selfie: Free the Nipple twitter:description: Unsurprisingly, Free the Nipple founder Lina Esco wasn't a fan of the black bars. 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(Photo by Vanessa Carvalho/Brazil Photo Press/LatinContent/Getty Images) SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - MAY 11: Kim Kardashian West poses for pictures during the launching of her clothing line for Brazilian retailer C&A at Shopping Iguatemi on May 11, 2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Vanessa Carvalho/Brazil Photo Press/LatinContent/Getty Images) Vanessa Carvalho—Brazil Photo Press/Getty Images by [Robin Hilmantel](https://time.com/author/robin-hilmantel/) ## Robin Hilmantel Mar 31, 2016 7:30 PM UTC If there’s one person who clapped for [the topless selfie Kim Kardashian and Emily Ratajkowski shared on Instagram yesterday](http://time.com/4277110/kim-kardashian-emily-ratajkowski-topless-selfie/), it was [Lina Esco](http://time.com/4029632/lina-esco-should-we-freethenipple/), founder of the [Free the Nipple](http://freethenipple.com/) movement. “Whenever women take control over their bodies in any format or context, it’s a powerful statement,” Esco told Motto. “It’s so refreshing to finally see Emily and Kim move from exploitation to activism.” Esco, who also directed the film _Free the Nipple_, did have one issue with the picture: The black bars. “It’s absurd that it’s 2016 and we still need to censor one of the most natural organs of a woman’s body,” says Esco. “Being topless does not equal nudity. Why is it that you can sell women’s breasts but we can’t wear them?” **_Read more:_** [_Fort Collins, Colorado, You’re Missing the Point of Topless Women_](http://time.com/4087335/fort-collins-colorado-free-the-nipple/) Esco says Free the Nipple will continue to fight against female censorship (including on Instagram) by turning its efforts to campaigning for the passage of the [Equal Rights Amendment](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1918873%5F1918869%5F1918881,00.html) (ERA). “When the ERA passes, I hope the stigma and criminalization of women’s bodies will finally come to an end,” says Esco. 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