Instagram Deleted Rupi Kaur’s Photo Because It Showed Period Blood

It’s from a photoseries Kaur created with her sister as a final project for a college course. The project is meant to “demystify the period and make something that is innate ‘normal.’”

And then by Thursday morning, the post had reappeared on Kaur’s Instagram page with an apology.

The photo sharing app claimed the image’s removal was a mistake. A spokesperson from Instagram told BuzzFeed Life via email: “When our team processes reports from other members of the Instagram community, we occasionally make a mistake. In this case, we wrongly removed content and worked to rectify the error as soon as we were notified. We apologize for any inconvenience.”