`` For the record , I 've always really loved Instagram . '' So says Scout Willis , who recently protested the social photo sharing site by walking topless through the streets of New York City and posting the photographs on Twitter . Willis , the 22-year-old daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore , wrote about her reasoning for her naked uprising for XOJane.com . Willis explained that `` Instagram had recently deleted my account over what they called 'instances of abuse . ' Which in reality amounted to a photo of myself in a sheer top and a post of a jacket I made featuring a picture of two close friends topless . '' `` My situation was in no way unique ; women are regularly kicked off Instagram for posting photos with any portion of the areola exposed , while photos sans nipple -- degrading as they might be -- remain unchallenged , '' Willis wrote . `` So I walked around New York topless and documented it on Twitter , pointing out that what is legal by New York state law is not allowed on Instagram . '' It is not illegal in New York City for a woman to be topless in public as long as she is otherwise law abiding . The young actress wrote that she understands that many `` do n't want to take me seriously . '' `` Or would rather just write me off as an attention-seeking , overprivileged , ignorant , white girl , '' she said . `` I am white and I was born to a high profile and financially privileged family . I did n't choose my public life , but it did give me this platform . A platform that helps make body politics newsworthy . '' The discussion is worth it to Willis , who points out that the Free the Nipple campaign has been around for a few years fighting to do away with the `` taboo of the nipple in the 21st century . '' She said she 's happy to have furthered the discussion . `` I am not trying to argue for mandatory toplessness , or even bralessness , '' Willis wrote . `` What I am arguing for is a woman 's right to choose how she represents her body -- and to make that choice based on personal desire and not a fear of how people will react to her or how society will judge her . No woman should be made to feel ashamed of her body . ''
Scout Willis , the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore , says she loved it . She walked out in New York City to protest the websites policy on breast photos . Her goal is that women should not be ashamed of their breasts .