Clear and fair rules for bodyartists!
Just wanted to talk about being a bodyartist and how it has affected me immensely on this platform. Hoping that twitch support can provide fair and non-misogynistic rules for all. As many of you may know many years ago (7+) Twitch has invited the first bodyartist Kaypike to the platform to express art/creativity in a new non-sexual way. But within the past couple years being a body artist and displaying this creativity as a woman has not only come with a lot of hate and poor moderation of the viewers harasssing the streamers but even the guidelines for bodyart has become very unfair. Bodyart is supposed to be a fun creative expression of ourselves and is very EDUCATIONAL! it definitely is not meant to be sexual and I do understand many streamers have ruined that opportunity as of current. But that means that instead of supressing the women doing bodyart without ill-intent, there should be more moderation of the content creators looking to abuse the art of it. Currently the guidelines say that you need the "sexual themes" tag if you are painting your chest and present as a female, which is definitely very sexist if you ask me. Us women cannot change our anatomy at birth and we need more fairness here. I had got a warning from twitch a few montha back becayse I did not want to be deemed as sexual so I thought it was okay to wear a shirt and still do some body art, nope! Apparently wearing a shirt they still saw it as sexual which is not okay? I am painting for the ART and not for sexual enjoyment of the brushes! Would love for more clarification. Not only does this affect us amazing female artists but it also impacts the revenue of Twitch because of the blurred thumbnails and lack of ad revenue. In the pas I can gladly say I have had multiple game sponsorships that loved my bodyart cosplays! The "Sexual Themes" classification of body art to me seems totally wrong and I would love to see what the TOS staff have to say about it. Because as of right now filming twerking/pole dancing or nude statues does not need the sexual tag, but body ART does? It has art in the name and is very educational as people love to watch the process and learn art/cosplay! I would love to feel more welcome on the platform doing what I enjoy! So my idea is to hopefully have more moderation for bodyart but less restriction and no sexual labels as that undermines us as amazing artists! If at the very least please don't consider wearing a top and painting upper chest as sexual. Would love for you guys to rid the rule about needing the sexual tag for presenting women as that seems very unfair/inappropriate. We wear pasties, bottoms and paint! Being a woman should not be a problem. Thank you! Another idea is lessening the blur on bodypaint tagged/titled streams so that viewers can somewhat see the content without full details, and removing the sexual tag. We need to empower the creative community more.
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1_d0nt_m1nd
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Body art is not sexual stupid Twitch.
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CicadaP
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Body painting is art, these people at twitch must be born in the 50's wake up, it's 2025. My support is for Mizzy and the other body painters!!
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ludakrys_97200
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Body Painting isn't sexual !!!! Big support to you Mizzy and the other artists
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Mizzy
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Apologize for my typos! Cant fix. But thank you for my amazing community that loves art and supports amazing bodyartists. <3
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andygeack
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Body art is art not sexual