Swedish model Arvida Bystrom has said she received rape threats after she posed for an advert with unshaven legs and posted it on social media.
The 26-year-old is well known for posing with her body hair on show and has also posted pictures online displaying her cellulite.
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She wrote in an Instagram post that she was a victim of nasty after the photo appeared online. She said: “Me being such an abled, white, cis body with its only nonconforming feature being a lil leg hair,” she said. “Literally I’ve been getting rape threats in my DM inbox.” I can’t even begin to imagine what it’s like to not possess all these privileges and try to exist in the world. Sending love and try to remember that not everybody has the same experiences being a person.”
The photo received a mixed response from the social media users.
Adidas called her as “an artist, photographer, model and cyber sensation, known for her photography, which questions femininity and gender standards using so-called ‘girly’ aesthetics”.
