Chelsea Handler Wants To Go Topless But Instagram Won't Let Her

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Chelsea Handler wants to take it all off, but Instagram is putting a hard stop to the comedian's efforts.

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Now Handler is convinced: the popular photo-sharing app is sexist.

It all began when Handler decided to 'gram a photo of herself topless while riding a horse, a la the now infamous photo of Russian president Vladimir Putin riding a horse sans shirt.

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She posted the photo, which stayed up for 30 minutes before being removed by Instagram, which said Handler had violated the app's terms of service.

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Handler responded by posting the photo twice more, and both times Instagram responded by swiftly removing the photo.

In the captions, Handler wrote, "If a man posts a photo of his nipples, it's ok, but not a woman? Are we in 1825?"And then later, "If Instagram takes this down again, you're saying Vladimir Putin has more 1st amendment rights than I do."

Handler decided to take her plight to Twitter, tweeting the photo with the caption:"Taking this down is sexist. I have every right to show I have a better body than Putin."